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Effective software project management focuses on four P's which are |
| | A) | people, performance, payoff, product |
| | B) | people, product, performance, process |
| | C) | people, product, process, project |
| | D) | people, process, payoff, product |
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Organizations that achieve high levels of maturity in people management have a higher likelihood of implementing effective software engineering processes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The first step in project planning is to |
| | A) | determine the budget. |
| | B) | select a team organizational model. |
| | C) | determine the project constraints. |
| | D) | establish the objectives and scope. |
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Process framework activities are populated with |
| | A) | milestones |
| | B) | work products |
| | C) | QA points |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Project management is less important for modern software development since most projects are successful and completed on time. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of the following is not generally considered a player in the software process? |
| | A) | customers |
| | B) | end-users |
| | C) | project managers |
| | D) | sales people |
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The best person to hire as a project team leader is the most competent software engineering practitioner available. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The best project team organizational model to use when tackling extremely complex problems is the |
| | A) | closed paradigm |
| | B) | open paradigm |
| | C) | random paradigm |
| | D) | synchronous paradigm |
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Which factors should be considered in choosing the organizational structure for a software team? (Select all that apply) |
| | A) | degree of communication desired |
| | B) | predicted size of the resulting program |
| | C) | rigidity of the delivery date |
| | D) | size of the project budget |
| | E) | a, b, and c |
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One of the best ways to avoid frustration during the software development process is to |
| | A) | give team members more control over process and technical decisions. |
| | B) | give team members less control over process and technical decisions. |
| | C) | hide bad news from the project team members until things improve. |
| | D) | reward programmers based on their productivity. |
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Small agile teams have no place in modern software development. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of these software characteristics is not a factor contributing to project coordination difficulties? |
| | A) | interoperability |
| | B) | performance |
| | C) | scale |
| | D) | uncertainty |
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Which of these software characteristics are used to determine the scope of a software project? |
| | A) | context, lines of code, function |
| | B) | context, function, communication requirements |
| | C) | information objectives, function, performance |
| | D) | communications requirements, performance, information objectives |
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The major areas of problem decomposition during the project scoping activity are the |
| | A) | customer workflow |
| | B) | functionality to be delivered |
| | C) | process used to deliver functionality |
| | D) | software process model |
| | E) | both b and c |
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Product and process decomposition often occurs simultaneously as the project plan evolves. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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When can selected common process framework activities be omitted during process decomposition? |
| | A) | when the project is extremely small in size |
| | B) | any time the software is mission critical |
| | C) | rapid prototyping does not require their use |
| | D) | never—the activities should always occur |
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How does a software project manager need to act to minimize the risk of software failure? |
| | A) | double the project team size |
| | B) | request a large budget |
| | C) | start on the right foot |
| | D) | track progress |
| | E) | both c and d |
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The W5HH principle contains which of the following questions? |
| | A) | Why is the system being developed? |
| | B) | What will be done by whom? |
| | C) | Where are they organizationally located? |
| | D) | How much of each resource is required? |
| | E) | a, c, and d |
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Which of these are critical practices for performance-based project management? |
| | A) | assessing product usability |
| | B) | defect tracking against quality targets |
| | C) | empirical cost estimation |
| | D) | formal risk management |
| | E) | b, c, and d |
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