Important Short Questions and answers: Software Project Management - Monitoringandcontrol

1. Write the three levels of COCOMO. 

Basic, Intermediate, detailed.

2. Give basic COCOMO effort formula. 

Effort (E) = a* (Size)b

Where a, b are constants.

Size- thousand of lines of code (KLOC) E-effort expressed in staff months.

3. Write the three models of COCOMO II.

The application composition model, the early design model, the post architecture model.

4. Write the putnam equation

S= C*K1/3*td 4/3 Where S= software size in LOC

C=Environmental factor= S/K1/3 td 4/3 K=Total effort for the overall project td=Delivery time constraint in years

5. Give any two disadvantages of SLIM.

        To use the model, the software size must be identified in advance.

        Estimates are extremely sensitive to the technology factor.

6. Give any two advantages of SLIM.

        Offers value-added effective planning, especially on large projects.

        Simplifies decision making.

7. Write the types of roles.

Database designers, Configuration Management experts, Human interface Designers, Web Masters, Network Specialists, System architects, Programming language experts.

8. Characteristics of roles

Responsibility, authority, accountability.

9. What is Activity-on-arrow (AOA)?

One Representation of Network diagram puts the activity information on The arrows between the nodes are called an activity-on-arrow representation (AOA).

10. What is Activity-on-Node (AON)?

One Representation of Network diagram puts the activity information on nodes and is called an activity-on- node representation(AON).

11. Define Load Leveling.

Load Leveling is the process of rescheduling tasks that have available slack to achieve a more balances distribution of resource usage.

14. Name the three forms of presenting a project schedule Table, Gantt chart, Network diagram.

13. What is Software Quality Assurance?

It is an ongoing process to ensure that the plan is being carried out according to the

procedures laid down. The role of quality assurance is to ensure that the quality of the procedures and processes results in a product that fully meets users’ requirements

14. Write any three network diagram methods.

PERT- Program evaluation and review Technique CPM- Critical Path Method

ADM- Arrow Diagramming Method

15. Define Quality?

ISO provides the definition of Quality as “The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy specified or implied needs.

16. Define scope?

It defines the requirements of the company for software design and development work within the project.

17. What are the measures of software quality? 

Correctness

Maintainability Usability Integrity

18. What is LOC?

A line of code is any line of program text that is not a comment or blank line regardless of the no. of statements or fragments of statements o the line.

19. Write the four basic requirements for an SCM System. 

Identification, Control, Auditing, Status Accounting.

20. Draw the Software Configuration Management (SCM) Pyramid.

Problem solving, Creative decision making, ideas generating situations