JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD MCA 2019 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Previous Question Paper (April/May - 2019 - R13)
Part A is compulsory which carries 20 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit.
Part A
What is Project Management? Discuss in brief.
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Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. It involves planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals and objectives within defined constraints such as scope, time, quality, and budget. It is a disciplined approach to guiding a project from inception to completion, ensuring that the final output delivers the intended value.
Summarize the characteristics of a successful object-oriented project.
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A successful object-oriented project is characterized by the following:
- Iterative development: Frequent releases and incremental refinement of the system.
- Architecture-centric: Focus on building a robust, maintainable, and scalable system structure.
- Use-case driven: Requirements are captured and validated through user scenarios.
- Reusability: Emphasis on creating modular components that can be reused across different parts of the system or future projects.
Write the primary objectives of Construction phase.
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List the issues related to conventional work breakdown structures.
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What is the need for process automation?
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Part B
Explain the top 10 principles of Boehm’s.
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Discuss five basic parameters of the software cost model.
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Illustrate important trends involved in improving software economics.
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Describe various dimensions of general quality improvements with a modern software process.
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Discuss the primary objectives and essential activities of Elaboration phase.
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What is a Model? Explain about management perspective of model-based software architecture.
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Explain the allocation of artifacts and the emphasis of each workflow in each of the life-cycle phases.
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Explain the minor milestones in the life cycle of an iteration process.
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Discuss the necessity of metrics automation in Software project management.
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Explain process discriminators that result from the differences in domain experience.
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