Bbt22111:Project Management Skills Question Paper
Bbt22111:Project Management Skills
Course:Bachelor Of Information Technology
Institution: Meru University Of Science And Technology question papers
Exam Year:2014
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a) Define the following key concepts in relation to Project Management: a. Project (2 marks) b. Project Management (2 marks) c. Project Scoping (2 marks) d. Process Management (2 marks) e. Project Planning (2 marks) b) List five project functions that operate on every project (5 marks) c) Explain and illustrate the various system development life cycle stages (6 marks) d) Define the term PERT and explain how it can be applied in software development project. (5 marks) e) Explain two motivations of a project such as developing information systems in an organization (4 marks)
QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)
a) As an IT Project Manager and a team leader in an upcoming project at IATech Consult Limited, you have had your initial meeting with the Sponsor of your project where you were given the Terms of Reference (Project Brief) and asked to produce your estimates of time and cost for
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the project. Describe in detail (analyzing their differences) Four evaluating methods that could be used. (12 marks) b) Identify any five factors that could may influence the evaluating process and assess how these may influence the project (5 marks) c) Identify any three feasibility analysis for effective project management (3 marks)
QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
a) Compare and contrast the tangible and intangible benefits and their attributes (4 marks) b) State five ways of classifying project resources in an organization (5 marks) c) State any two benefits of developing a project activity plan (2 marks) d) As an IT Project Manager, you need to recruit staff for the Project set up (Project Start-up/Project Initiation). The first step that you decide to do is to develop Job Descriptions and Person Specifications. List any two headings that you would use for: a. Job Descriptions (2 marks) b. Person Specification (2 marks) e) Using these headings, decide on a brief Job Description for a Junior Programmer for your project (5 marks)
QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)
a) Define the term risk management as used in project management (2 marks) b) Describe four risk factors in every project which must be audited (8 marks) c) Describe five skills that are needed by a project manager for a successful completion of a project (5 marks) d) Given the formula; RRL = REbefore - REafter
Risk reduction cost
Where: REbefore Original risk exposure value
REafter - Risk value/ exposure after taking action
Risk Reduction Cost Cost of implementing the risk
Calculate the RLL for a software development project costing as follows: (5 marks)
-Hardware 120,000/=
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-Software 260,000/=
-Insurance 210,000/=
QUESTION FIVE(20 MARKS)
No Activity Duration (weeks) Precedents A Hardware selection 6 B Software Design 4 C Install Hardware 3 D Codes and test hardware 4 A E File Take on 3 B F Writer user manual 10 -- G User training 3 E,F H Install and test the system 2 C,D
Using the above diagram, answer the following questions:
a) Construct a network diagram with the earliest and latest times (12 marks) b) Determine the critical path and completion time (2 marks) c) Describe the role of slacks in network analysis (2 marks) d) Calculate the float for each activity (4 marks)
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