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Sit 403 Question Paper

Sit 403

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Information And Technology

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2012

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011/2012
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
SIT 403:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
DATE: Tuesday, 13th December, 2011

TIME: 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.
Question 1
a)
Define the following terms:

i)
Project

ii)
Project planning
iii)
Project management
iv)
Risk management
v)
Project scope
(5 marks)
b)
Discuss the four procedures of software configuration management (SCM)

process.

(8 marks)
c)
Differentiate between

i)
Preventive maintenance.

ii)
Standards and guidelines.
iii)
Project scope and project risk.
(6 marks)
d)
Describe the project management process.

(10 marks)

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Question 2
a)
i)
Identify two software cost estimation method and give a detailed

explanation of how they are used and state advantages of each.

(8 marks)

ii)
Why is software practitioners unable to estimate accurately costs

associated with software development?

(2 marks)
b)
i)
State what the acronym PERT stands for and explain what you understand

by the following terms:-
? PERT activity.
? predecessor event.
? PERT event.

(5 marks)

ii)
Draw a gaunt chart and an activity network using the following

information:-

ACTIVITY PREDECESSOR
EXPECTED TIME

A

-

4

B

-

5

C

A

5

D

A

6

E

B, C

5

F

D

4

G

E

5

(5 marks)
Question 3
a)
Define risk analysis and state two reasons why risk analysis results and
management plans should be updated periodically.

(5 marks)
b)
i)
Discuss the following characteristics of the basic form of the risk

impact/probability analysis:
? Low impact/low probability.
? Low impact/high probability.
? High impact/low probability.
? High impact/high probability.

(8 marks)
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ii)
Are there chances of the occurrence of a medium impact/medium

probability characteristics?

(2 marks)

iii)
You have been requested to head a project team to develop a software
product of a small business. List five likely risks that the project may face.

(5 marks)
Question 4
a)
Define scope creep and differentiate between project scope and product scope.

(4 marks)
b)
Scope creep can be classified as business scope, creep or technology scope creep.

Give a detailed explanation of how they contribute to scope creep. (4 marks)
c)
List measures one would take to provide a solution for each.
(4 marks)
d)
How do the following factors effect scope change: effort, cost, duration and focus

(morale)

(4 marks)

Question 5
The common life cycle models include:
i)
spiral model
ii)
waterfall model
iii)
throwaway prototyping model
iv)
evolutionary prototyping model
v)
incremental/iterative development
vi)
reusable software model
vii)
automated software synthesis
a)
Briefly give the distinguishing features of any five of the software process
models.

(10 marks)
b)
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of any five of them.
(10 marks)

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