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JNTU MCA 2019 SOFTWARE PROCESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Previous Question Paper (April/May - 2019 - R17)
Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B. Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each question carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.
Part A
What are the salient features of team software process? Compare with personal software process.
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The Team Software Process (TSP) is designed to build self-directed teams that plan, track, and manage their own work. Its salient features include team-based planning, defined roles for team members, rigorous quality management through inspections, and the use of quantitative data to manage project performance. While the Personal Software Process (PSP) focuses on improving the performance of an individual developer by tracking their own time and defects, TSP extends these principles to the team level, emphasizing team commitment, collective ownership, and coordinated effort to achieve project goals.
Differentiate between meta process and macro process.
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A meta process is a process for creating, managing, or improving other processes; it defines how a software development process itself is structured, evaluated, and evolved. In contrast, a macro process refers to the high-level, end-to-end lifecycle of a software project, encompassing the major phases from requirements gathering and design to implementation, testing, and deployment. Essentially, the macro process describes the 'what' and 'when' of project execution, while the meta process describes the 'how' of process engineering.
What is achieved by visible milestones in the life cycle?
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List the responsibilities of software architecture team over the project life cycle.
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Depict the real results of major mile stones in a modern process.
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Part B
Describe the six step process for improving the software process.
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What are the characteristics of CMM level3 organization? Discuss the key actions required to advance to level 4 organizations.
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Describe five improvements to the basic waterfall process that would eliminate most of the development risks.
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How are implementation sets are evaluated, assessed and measured?
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Elaborate primary evaluation criteria of inception phase.
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What is meant by a workflow? What are the seven top-level workflows? Explain the relative levels of effort expected across the phases in these workflows.
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Compare top-down and bottom-up approaches of project planning.
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What is the basic content of status assessment reviews?
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The project organization represents the architecture of the team and needs to evolve consistent with the project plan captured in the work break down structure. Explain how the team’s centre of gravity shifts over the life cycle.
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Discuss change traffic as a quality indicator.
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What are the goals of software metrics?
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How does a modern process framework exploit several critical approaches to resolve recurring issues in the conventional projects? Give illustrative example.
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Demonstrate any five best practices for software project management.
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