Software Project Management Question Bank
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1. What is software project management? (opinion based question.)
2. Why do we need to manage the entire software development? Why can't it be unmanaged? (Opinion
based)
3. Differentiate contract project management and in-house project management/technical project
management.
4. State and explain ISO 12207 software development life cycle.
5. Who are stakeholders in a software development?
6. State and explain principle project management processes.
7. Explain W5HH principles Barry Boehm.
8. Write a note on project portfolio management.
9. Explain cost benefit analysis.
10. Explain the process of risk identification and ranking.
11. Write a note on strategic programme management.
12. State and explain step wise project planning. (10 steps. Draw the chart.)
13. What do you mean by project scope and project objective?
14. Why project documentation is important? (Opinion based but should be technical.)
15. Why resources allocation is needed?
16. How do companies come to a decision whether to purchase a software or to build it?
17. Compare waterfall model with spiral model.
18. What is software prototyping?
19. Write a note on Atern method of software development. (Dynamic system development method)
20. State and explain agile approach of software development.
21. When and why, extreme programming (XP) is required?
22. Define the role of scrum master in a scrum model.
23. Write a note on Rapid Application Development.
24. Write a note on software effort estimation.
25. What is a bottom up estimation in software effort estimation?
26. Explain constructive cost model (COCOMO).
27. Differentiate cost estimation and effort estimation.
28. Write a note on activity planning.
29. What is a work breakdown structure (wbs)? Explain.
30. Differentiate between a gantt chart and a pert chart.
31. Explain critical path development during activity planning.
32. Explain activity float.
33. Explain risk management and it's importance
34. Write a note on risk identification process
35. Explain risk planning in brief
36. What do you mean by a contingency plan
37. State and explain Barry Boehm's top 10 risks and their counter measures
38. Explain Monte Carlo simulation
39. Write a note on resource scheduling
40. Write a note on cost scheduling
41. Explain critical path method
42. Explain with diagram project control cycle
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