Software Project Management
Question Bank
1. What is software project? Write its characteristics. (OR Write and explain the characteristics of software
project)
2. Explain W5HH principles of software project management OR Write and explain Barry Boeham's principal
of software project management.
3. Write and explain the principles of project evaluation. (OR What is project evaluation? Write its
importance.)
4. Explain the different types of project evaluation method.
5. What is the scope and objective of a project? List the activities involved for identifying the project scope.
6. Explain how to identify the project activities. Also write the effort given on activities
7. What is project planning? Drawn explain the stepwise overview of project planning.
8. Write the establishment of project infrastructure.
9. Explain the analysis of project characteristics
10. Write the advantages and disadvantages of in-house and out-sourcing type of software development
approach
11. Explain the Agile method of software development.
12. Write and explain the principles of XP (Extreme Programming).
13. Explain the various challenges in software effort estimation
14. What is software effort estimation? Explain with example
15. What is size estimation? Explain top-down and bottom-up software effort estimation.
16. Explain the various factors used for software measurement.
17. Write an explain the objectives of activity planning in software development
18. What is project schedule? Explain the different stages for preparing the project schedule.
19. Write and explain different types of resources used in software project development
20. Explain risk prioritization, risk planning, risk identification, risk management, Risk Monitoring and Risk
Resolution in detail
21. Explain Resource allocation and Resource clashes.
22. What is resource smoothing? Explain the different ways of prioritizing the activities for resource allocation.
23. Explain review process model with the help of diagram.
24. Draw and explain the control cycle in the process of monitory the project
25. What is review? Explain utility of review? Also write the role of reviewer
26. Write and explain roles of moderator and author in the process of monitoring the project.
27. What is project termination? Explain the reasons for project termination.
28. Write and explain the project termination process.
29. Explain functional format in a department structure with suitable diagram.
30. Explain project format in a department structure with suitable diagram.
31. What is communication plan? Explain how to create a communication plan.
32. Write a short note on communication plan
33. Explain premature termination of a project with the reasons due to which project is not properly closed
34. Explain project closure process in brief.