Software Project Management (BOE068) AKTU previous year questions 2023–2025
Every Software Project Management question from 3 AKTU papers, tagged by unit, topic and marks. A few recent questions from each unit are listed below; open the page to filter by unit, topic or mark type.
Unit 1: Project Evaluation and Project Planning – AKTU PYQs
- List some of the key characteristics of project. (2 marks, 2025, Software Project Management Intro)
- Explain the significance of Software Project Management in today's industry. Highlight the key activities and methodologies involved. (7 marks, 2025, Software Project Management Intro)
- Discuss in detail the stepwise project planning process. Illustrate with a suitable example. (7 marks, 2025, Stepwise Project Planning)
- Discuss the various types of risk evaluation techniques used during project planning. (7 marks, 2025, Cost Benefit Evaluation)
- Define the project with a suitable example. (2 marks, 2024, Software Project Management Intro)
Unit 2: Project Life Cycle and Effort Estimation – AKTU PYQs
- What is the agile methodology? (2 marks, 2025, Software Process and Models)
- What are the different stages of project life cycle? (2 marks, 2025, Software Process and Models)
- Explain the significant features of the RAD model for software development. (7 marks, 2025, Software Process and Models)
- What is the COCOMO II model? Explain its components and how it is used in software cost estimation. (7 marks, 2025, Effort and Cost Estimation)
- What are Full Function Points in the COSMIC model? How do they contribute to estimation? (7 marks, 2025, Effort and Cost Estimation)
Unit 3: Activity Planning and Risk Management – AKTU PYQs
- Name the three forms of presenting a project schedule. (2 marks, 2025, Activity Planning and Scheduling)
- What do you mean by activity-based approach? (2 marks, 2025, Activity Planning and Scheduling)
- Write down about the following. (i) Risk identification. (ii) PERT technique. (7 marks, 2025, PERT Technique)
- Describe the various project scheduling techniques. How are network models used in scheduling? (7 marks, 2025, Activity Planning and Scheduling)
- What is a Critical Path Method? How is it used to identify project bottlenecks? (7 marks, 2025, Critical Path Method)
Unit 4: Project Management and Control – AKTU PYQs
- What is earned value analysis? (2 marks, 2025, Earned Value Analysis)
- Describe different types of cost monitoring techniques and their effectiveness. (7 marks, 2025, Earned Value Analysis)
- Explain the framework for managing and controlling software projects. (7 marks, 2025, Monitoring and Control Framework)
- Explain the importance of management contracts and contract management in project control. (7 marks, 2025, Contract Management)
- Discuss the activities under software configuration management. (2 marks, 2024, Change and Configuration Control)
Unit 5: Staffing in Software Projects – AKTU PYQs
- Discuss role of leadership in project management. (2 marks, 2025, Communication and Leadership)
- Explain various stress management techniques used for project staff. (7 marks, 2025, Managing People)
- Explain the Organizational Behavior approach to software staffing and team dynamics. (7 marks, 2025, Organizational Behaviour)
- What is the Oldham Hackman model? How does it help in enhancing team performance? (7 marks, 2025, Organizational Behaviour)
- Explain job enlargement. (2 marks, 2024, Organizational Behaviour)