Computer Science Project Management
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Course Introduction
Computer Science Project Management explores the principles, methodologies, and best practices for managing software and technology projects. Students learn to plan, execute, monitor, and close projects by applying project management frameworks such as Agile, Waterfall, and Scrum. The course covers topics including requirements gathering, resource allocation, risk assessment, timeline and budget management, team dynamics, and quality assurance. Through case studies and practical exercises, students gain hands-on experience using tools and techniques to efficiently deliver successful computer science projects within scope, time, and budget constraints.
Recommended Textbook Information Technology Project Management 5th Edition by Jack T. Marchewka
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Information Technology Projects
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Q1) The benefits, described in the text, of using a project management approach to developing information systems include all of the following except:
A) providing a common set of tools and controls which provides a common language to compare projects throughout the organization
B) the ability to better estimate and control costs and schedules which leads to a more effective conservation of company resources
C) improved communication and status reports leads giving the developers the ability to manage expectations of stakeholders
D) competitive advantage for internal developers whose work might have to be outsourced if the quality and cost of their work can be bettered by outside competition
E) the coupling of project success to the selection of team members and the skill sets and resources that they bring to the project.
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Project Methodologies and Processes
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Q1) <b>What is a project's scope?</b>
Answer: A Project's scope is the work to be complete by the project team. This may include specific requirements, features, functionality, or standards for the product or system to be delivered, or it could include project-related deliverables like the project's schedule or budget.
Q2) Breaking a project down into phases increases the complexity and project risk.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Fast tracking is defined as starting the next phase of a project before the current phase is complete.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) What is a stakeholder?
Answer: Stakeholders are individuals, groups, or even organizations that have a stake, or claim, in the project's outcome.
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Chapter 3: Measurable Organizational Value and the Business Case
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Q1) A company utilizes the payback method exclusively to select projects.Which of the following mutually exclusive (they can only do one of them) projects will they choose? (Assume cash flows occur in equal monthly installments)
A) Initial Investment: $10,000 Net Cash Flows: year 1:$0 year 2:$120,000 year 3:$60,000 each year thereafter:$60,000
B) Initial Investment:$100,000 Net Cash Flows: year 1:$50,000 year 2:$50,000 year 3:$100,000 each year thereafter:$1,000,000
C) Initial Investment:$10,000 Net Cash Flows: year 1:0 year 2:$100,000 year 3:$100,000 each year thereafter:$100,000
D) Initial Investment:$100,000 Net Cash Flows: year 1:$1,000,000 year 2:$2,000,000 year 3:$2,000,000 each year thereafter:0
E) Initial Investment:$10,000 Net Cash Flows: year 1:$8,000 year 2:$12,000 year 3:$120,000 each year thereafter:$120,000
Answer: A
Q2) <b>What is technical feasibility?</b>
Answer: Technical feasibility focuses on the existing technical infrastructure needed to support an IT solution.
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Chapter 4: Project Planning: the Project Infrastructure
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Q1) What is the project environment? Why must a project manager ensure that a proper project environment is in place?
Q2) Disadvantages of the Project Organizational structure include project isolation, duplication of effort, and projectitis.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the project organizational structure.
Q4) The _____ will specify how the project's product will be integrated into the organizational environment.
A) Communications Plan
B) Scope Management Plan
C) Quality Management Plan
D) Change Management Plan
E) Human Resources Plan
Q5) An IT project manager's technical knowledge is much more important that his or her ability to communicate with people.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the project governance structure.
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Chapter 5: Project Planning: Scope and the Work
Breakdown Structure
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Q1) Confidence in project estimates will be highest _____
A) before the project begins.
B) early in the project.
C) once the team members are assigned.
D) later in the project.
E) when the business case is complete.
Q2) A tangible and verifiable piece of work is called a milestone.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the Delphi technique? When would it be an appropriate estimating technique for an IT project?
Q4) Basing an estimate of activity durations on experience gained from working on similar projects is called analogous estimation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How does a use case diagram help to define the project's scope?
Q6) What is guesstimating? Why should a project manager not rely on this technique for estimating a project?
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Q7) What is a WBS? What purpose does it serve?
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Chapter 6: The Work Breakdown Structure and Project
Estimation
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Q1) Sunk costs include such things as rent, utilities, insurance, and other administrative costs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Parallel activities can shorten the project schedule, but can have an impact on project resources if a resource is assigned to two tasks at the same time.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is a baseline plan?
Q4) In what ways are project network diagrams similar to Gantt charts and what additional strengths do they have?
Q5) Waiting to leave your shift until another person shows up is an example of:
A) Finish-To-Start (FS)
B) Start-To-Start (SS)
C) Finish-To-Finish (FF)
D) Start-To-Finish (SF)
E) none of these
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Q6) How can parallel activities help shorten the project schedule? Are there any trade-offs?
Chapter 7: Managing Project Risk
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Q1) The PMBOK definition of project risk suggests that a systematic process is needed to effectively manage the risk of a project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a normal distribution we would expect to find _______ of all values with in + or -
1 standard deviation.
A) 13%
B) 34%
C) 68%
D) 95%
E) 99%
Q3) _____ randomly generates specific values for a variable with a specific probability distribution.
A) Discrete Distribution
B) Normal Distribution
C) Pert Distribution
D) Monte Carlo Simulation
E) Binomial Distribution
Q4) What is project risk management?
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Chapter 8: Managing Project Stakeholders and Communication
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Q1) What are project metrics?
Q2) A _________ predicts the future status or progress of the project.
A) Budget report
B) Status report
C) Progress report
D) Forecast report
E) News report
Q3) A _________ describes the present state of the project and provides compares the project's actual progress to the baseline plan.
A) Budget report
B) Status report
C) Progress report
D) Forecast report
E) News report
Q4) The purpose of a project review is to not only show evidence that the project work is being completed, but also that the work is being completed according to various standards or agreed upon requirements.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Managing Project Quality
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Q1) The CMM/CMMI level which documents and standardizes software engineering and management processes throughout the organization is _________ ?
A) Level 1 Initial
B) Level 2 Repeatable
C) Level 3 Defined
D) Level 4 Managed
E) Level 5 Optimizing
Q2) What is scientific management? Why was it so popular? Why was it so controversial?
Q3) Software process maturity represents the expected results that can be achieved by following a particular software process.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A process that is shown to have eight successive values that are more than two standard deviations away from the mean might be correctly categorized as stable or in statistical control.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is software process maturity?
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Chapter 10: Leading the Project Team
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Q1) Emotional intelligence is largely genetic just like a person's intelligence quotient (IQ).
A)True
B)False
Q2) An exemplary leader who "encourages from the heart" should show appreciation for other's accomplishments by creating a culture of celebration even if it involves recognitions or celebrations that are insincere.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The leadership style that is most effective in a crisis situation is the:
A) Coercive style
B) Authoritative style
C) Affiliative style
D) Democratic style
E) Coaching style
Q4) Describe the 5 Practices for Exemplary Leadership.
Q5) The democratic style of leadership is most effective in a crisis situation.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the emotional intelligence competency called social awareness.
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Chapter 11: Managing Organizational Change, Resistance, and Conflict
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Q1) According to Leavitt's Model of Organizational Change, changing the work performed would be an example of a change in _____.
A) technology
B) people
C) task
D) structure
E) content
Q2) ___________ is the process of adapting to change and determines our ability to handle current and future change.
A) Transition
B) Flux
C) Adoption
D) Assimilation
E) Vector shift
Q3) Describe the contemporary view of conflict
Q4) Experience shows that it is easier to gain compliance for a new system than acceptance.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Project Completion
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Q1) Project termination by starvation may result from changed priorities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How should the project be evaluated in the end to determine its success or failure?
Q3) Conducting the postmortem review is the responsibility of the project sponsor.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ is most appropriate when problems or the failure of a system can have a major impact on the organization.
A) Direct Cutover
B) Parallel
C) Phased
D) All of these
E) None of these
Q5) What is the purpose of evaluating the project's MOV?
Q6) What are some of the realities that the text discusses that occur instead of the normal closure with happy sponsors and customers and a successful achievement of the project MOV?
Q7) Describe some of the steps for administrative closure.
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