Project Management (CSCT4107)
Computer Science - COS
Semester: First Semester
Level: 400
Year: 2015
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SCHOOL:H.T.T.T.C DEPARTMENT:COMPUTER SCIENCE LECTURER(S):Mr.DJAMEN G.
COURSE CODE:CSC314 COURSE TITLE:PROJECT MANAGEMENT OPTION:FCS300
DATE:Dec 2015 HALL: TIME:2hr00 NATURE:FIRST SEMESTER EXAM
Instructions: NO DOCUMENTS ALLOWED, BE PRECISE AND CONCISE
Exercise 1 (0.5+0.5+1+0.5+0.5mks=3mks)
1) What is MS project?
2) How do you open MS project if the icon is not on the desktop?
3) This environment consists of:
a. Unit of measure – time can be measured (by default) in one of several ways: seconds,
minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, quarters, years, etc.
b. The working calendar – working/non-working days, length of working day, etc.,
c. Available resources – people, machinery, materials, etc.,
How do you assign or change them? Just give the steps to follow
4) a.How can you view a diagram (for example network diagram) after entering the task in MS project
2013?
b. How do you generate cost report with MS project 2013?
Exercise 2 0.5x2+0.25x3+0.5x2+1+1=4.75mks
1) What is project Management? What is management?
2) Give at least 4 characteristics of a project
3) Which of these is not one of the constraints of a project?
a. Scope b. Resources c. Team d. Budget
4) Which of the following is not a project?
a. Running an election campaign for a political candidate.
b. Building a bridge over a river.
c. Pilot aircraft for a United flight.
d. Writing a book on Project Management.
5) Which of the following is a project?
a. Sending a weekly status report
b. Improving the roads of Rio de Janeiro for 2016 Olympics
c. Getting ready for office every day
d. Selling toys in a toy store
6) Explain with the help of a diagram the concept of the Triple constraint and its effect on a project.
7) Explain briefly the project manager’s role and responsibilities
8) Fill the table above
Phase Initiation Planning Executing closure
Summary of
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9) Use the COCOMO Methodto Estimate the average team size to develop a software having about 40
000 instructions lines.
Exercice 3 : PERT CHART 0.5+0.5+1+0.5=3.5mks
1) Which tasks are on the critical path?
2) What is the slack time for tasks C, D and G?
3) Task C is delayed by one day. What impact
would this have on the completion date of the
project? Why?
4) Task A will be delayed by 2 days because some
equipment has arrived late. If the project manager wants to finish the project on time he will need to
shorten the duration of one or more of the tasks. How can he achieve this?
5) The project manager reduces the durations of tasks D and F by one day each. How will this affect the
finishing date of the project?
Exercise 4:THE STEPS to start a car (8.75mks)
1) Fill the table below 2.25mks
Task code
Task name
A
Open the door
B
C
D
Insert the ignition key while making sure that:
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
E
F
2) Represent the PERT network of the project 0.5mk
Assuming that the duration of the task are:
A B C D D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 E
F
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
3) Give in a table: the predecessors, the expected time, the earliest start time, latest start time, and the
slack for each task. 2mks
4) Give and interpretation of the slack time in a project. 1mk
5) Draw the Gantt diagram and it use in project management 0.5+0.5=1mk
6) Determine the critical path and the total duration of the project. 0.5+0.5=1mk
7) Represent the CPM network of the project 1mks
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