Unit 1 Introduction to SPM

Question 1

What is SPM?

Answer 1

An art and science of planning and managing software projects.

Question 2

Main goal of SPM?

Answer 2

To enable developers to work effectively towards successful completion of project

Question 3

Who is the project manager?

Answer 3

Administrative leader of the team.

Question 4

Challenges of a PM?

Answer 4

Changeability, complexity, uniqueness, possibility of multiple solutions.

Question 5

Roles of a PM?

Answer 5

Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Monitoring
Controlling
Innovating
Representing

Question 6

Why SPM is important?

Answer 6

• Rapid change in technology
• Commercial and environmental restrictions
• Time-cost-quality triangle
• Internal and external factors
• one of the three factors can impact the other two

Question 7

What is a Project?

Answer 7

• well defined task
• collection of several operations done in order to reach a goal
• tasks in order to achieve a specific outcome
• can be managed by single or multiple people
• unique venture

Question 8

Characteristics of project:

Answer 8

• Has unique and distinct goal
• Comes start and end time
• Ends when goal achieved
• Needs adequate resources like time, manpower, finance, knowledge bank, material, etc

Question 9

What is a Contract?

Answer 9

Agreement between two or more parties where one party provide certain deliverables or services and the other party agrees to pay for those services.

Question 10

What is contract management?

Answer 10

• Continuous process
• Starts with analysing and evaluation of customers inquiry
• Carrying untill contact closure
• Upon fulfilment of all contractual obligation

Question 11

Activities covered under software project management

Answer 11

Five P’s :
- Project goal
- Project plan
- Project execution
- Project closure
- Project evaluation

Question 12

Setting objectives

Answer 12

Talk about objectives
Talk about SMART:
- Specific
- Measurable
- Achievable
- Relevant
- Time constrained

Question 13

What is business case?

Answer 13

• Economic feasibility study
• Study whether the project will gain financial benefits after investment or not
• It gives an understanding if we should take the project and invest in it

Question 14

Business case includes:

Answer 14

• Project scope
• Project duration
• Cost involved
• Return on investment
• Stakeholders involved
• Risk associated

Question 15

What is management?

Answer 15

• Monitoring the performance of the system
• Management involves the following activities:
  Planning, organising, staffing, directing, monitoring, controlling, innovating, representing

Question 16

Process of management control:

Answer 16

• Data collection
• Data processing
• Making decisions/plans (define objectives)
• Modelling
• Implementation

Question 17

Traditional versus modern project management

Answer 17

• Client involvement
• Quality assurance
• Risk management
• Communication
• Methodology (sequential and iterative)
• Planning