BSc(Hons) Software Engineering

BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems

Cohort: BSE/11/FT & BIS/11/FT

Examinations for 2013 - 2014 / Semester 1

MODULE: PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

MODULE CODE: SEM3103

Duration: 2 Hours 15 minutes

Instructions to Candidates:

1. Answer all questions.

2. Questions may be answered in any order but your answers must show
the question number clearly.
3. Always start a new question on a fresh page.
4. All questions do NOT carry equal marks.
5. Total marks 100.

This question paper contains 3 questions and 3 pages.

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QUESTION 1: (35 MARKS)
The Government seeks your advice on the use of the new smart card based
National Identity Card (NIC) for access to free bus transport by university students
as a pilot project. The smart card is intended to be a secure means of identifying a
person with biometric information. Moreover, the smart card has space on-board for
storage of additional information such as bus routes accessible. It is expected that
buses would then have appropriate devices to read the NICs and input the journey
of the student. This would allow the National Transport Authority to settle more
accurate amounts to bus transport companies.

(a) What would be the goals of such a project? (6 marks)

(b) Draft a scope statement for such a project. (8 marks)

(c) What are the operational issues for such a project? (8 marks)

(d) Develop a Work Breakdown Structure for the (6 marks)

implementation of such a project?

(e) Draft a WBS dictionary for the project. (7 marks)

QUESTION 2: (35 MARKS)

(a) Define what you understand by a team of software (3 marks)

developers.

(b) Outline the main stages of team formation and explain the (3+6 marks)
issues at each stage.

(c) Describe the different options for meeting skilled resource (8 marks)
requirements for a software company.

(d) “Temporary software developers are important for the (8 marks)

flexibility of the software industry in Mauritius.” Discuss.

(e) What are the requirements for a reward management (7 marks)

system for software developers?

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QUESTION 3: (30 MARKS)

The table below depicts the WBS Dictionary for a software

development project:

WBS Component Duration Dependency Resource

(days)
1.1 Draft requirements 2 1 Analyst
1.2 Design module 1 2 1.1 1 Analyst
1.3 Develop module 1 3 1.2 1 Programmer
1.4 Test module 1 1 1.3 1 Tester
1.5 Design module 2 2 1.4 1 Analyst
1.6 Develop module 2 3 1.5 1 Programmer
1.7 Test module 2 1 1.6 1 Tester
1.8 Integrate modules 2 1.7 1 Programmer
1.9 Perform final tests 2 1.8 1 Tester

(a) Using any appropriate technique, calculate the duration of the project. (3 marks)
(b) Describe the resource requirements for the project (specify when each (5 marks)
resource is required)
(c) Comment on resource usage in this project and suggest improvements (3+3
that could be done as far as resource usage is concerned in this marks)
company. State any assumptions.
(d) It is suggested to the customer that his tasks are not optimally (4 marks)
organized and that fast tracking the project should be envisaged. How
could the project be fast tracked?
(e) What would be the new project duration with the recommended fast (4 marks)
tracking strategy?
(f) What is the impact on resource usage with fast tracking? (4 marks)
(g) What are the dangers of fast tracking? (4 marks)

***END OF QUESTION PAPER***

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