ITM344Project Management

Assignment No.I

Assignment Code: 2011ITM344B1 Last Date of Submission: 30th Sept 2011Maximum Marks:100

Attempt all the questions. All the questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.

Section-A

Ques.1 (a). What are the criteria for IT project selection? Discuss.(b) .Discuss the different points that should be kept in mind while closing a project

Ques.2 (a). What is project scope management? Discuss different processes involved in project scope management.(b). How can you control changes to project schedule?

Ques.3 (a). Discuss the seven processes of project integration management.(b). How IT project differs from other project? Discuss the different steps that need to be considered for handling an IT project.

Ques.4 (a). What are main attributes of a project?(b). How do you define success or failure of a project?

Section-BCase Study

The following data are available for a maintenance project:

Activity Optimistic time (in

days)

Pessimistic time (in

days)

Most likely time (in

days)

1-2 1 3 2

1-4 4 6 5

1-3 4 6 5

2-6 2 4 3

2-4 1 3 2

3-4 2 4 3

3-5 7 15 9

4-6 4 6 5

4-7 6 14 10

4-5 1 3 2

5-7 2 4 3

6-7 6 14 10

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Questions

1. Draw an arrow diagram for this project and find out the critical path and its associated time.

2. What is the expected time for 68, 95 and 99 percent completion limits?

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ITM344Project Management

Assignment No.II

Assignment Code: 2011ITM344B2 Last Date of Submission: 15th Nov 2011Maximum Marks:100

Attempt all the questions. All the questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.

Section-A

Ques.1 Discuss implementation of six sigma in project management

Ques.2 What is project portfolio management? Can it be used with earned value management?

Ques.3 (a) What problems may occur if the project manager does not have a follow on project when the current project nears termination?(b) What factors are considered most important in the decision to terminate a project?

Ques.4 (a) Discuss the relationship between motivation and control?(b) When should be an Audit be performed during a project? Discuss different stages of Audit life cycle.

Section-BCase Study

Mr. Meson is director of a software consultancy company. The company provides consultancy in web

designing and web based application development. The company was performing very well from last

few years, but now facing difficulty in winning new contracts. Preparing proposals for new contracts

from prospective customers and sometimes giving presentation is becoming expensive affair for the

company. Some clients also expect some prototype development before awarding the new contract.

Spending time and resources for all these activities is proving costly affair.

Mr. Meson adopts an aggressive approach to risk and like to bid the project with high payoff. For

bidding a project, Mr. Meson focuses on the profit potentials and the on how challenging the project is.

His strategy is now causing problem due to high investment in preparing proposal, yet getting few

contracts.

Questions

1. What strategy Mr. Meson should adopt for bidding for new project?

2. What should Mr. Meson and his company do to get a better understanding and evaluation of

project risk?

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