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Project scheduling is important in software project management as it allows project managers to plan tasks, allocate resources, track progress, and measure performance. The question provides data on a software project with 56 tasks estimated to take 582 person-days. So far, 12 tasks were completed but 15 should have been completed. It asks the reader to calculate earned value metrics like SPI, schedule variance, percent complete, and CPI to assess the project's performance and status. The second question discusses earned value analysis parameters like planned value, earned value, and actual cost which help monitor and control projects. It provides task details for an 11-task project and asks the reader to calculate progress indicators monthly from January to June and comment on the project

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Software Project Management

Project scheduling is important in software project management as it allows project managers to plan tasks, allocate resources, track progress, and measure performance. The question provides data on a software project with 56 tasks estimated to take 582 person-days. So far, 12 tasks were completed but 15 should have been completed. It asks the reader to calculate earned value metrics like SPI, schedule variance, percent complete, and CPI to assess the project's performance and status. The second question discusses earned value analysis parameters like planned value, earned value, and actual cost which help monitor and control projects. It provides task details for an 11-task project and asks the reader to calculate progress indicators monthly from January to June and comment on the project

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Q1.

(a) What is project scheduling and what is its significance in the field of software project
management?
(b) Assume you are a software project manager and that you’ve been asked to compute earned
value statistics for a small software project. The project has 56 planned work tasks that are
estimated to require 582 person-days to complete. At the time that you’ve been asked to do the
earned value analysis, 12 tasks have been completed. However, the project schedule indicates
that 15 tasks should have been completed. The following scheduling data (in person-days) are
available:

Task Planned Effort Actual Effort


1. 12.0 12.5
2. 15.0 11.0
3. 13.0 17.0
4. 8.0 9.5
5. 9.5 9.0
6. 18.0 19.0
7. 10.0 10.0
8. 4.0 4.5
9. 12.0 10.0
10. 6.0 6.5
11. 5.0 4.0
12. 14.0 14.5
13. 16.0 -
14. 6.0 -
15. 8.0 -

Compute the SPI, schedule variance, percent scheduled for completion, percent complete, CPI,
and cost variance for the project.
Q2. (a) What are various parameters in Earned Value Analysis?
(b) How does it help in monitoring and control of any software project?
(c) Calculate the progress indicators for the following project at one-month interval from January
1 through June 1. Also comment on the progress of the project.
Work Task Estimated Actual Effort Estimated Actual Date
Effort (programmer- Completion Completion
(programmer- days) Date (mm/dd)
days) (mm/dd)
1 30 37 1/1 2/1

2 25 24 2/15 2/15
3 30 41 3/1 3/15
4 50 47 4/15 4/1
5 60 63 5/1 4/15
6 35 31 5/15 6/1
7 55 58 6/1 6/1
8 30 28 6/15 6/15
9 45 43 7/1 7/15
10 25 29 8/1 8/15
11 45 49 8/15 9/1

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