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Umbrella Activities As They Act As A Framework or Umbrella Covering The Entire Process

Umbrella activities are framework activities that span the entire project process. Suppressing or restricting these activities to fix delays is not a good approach. Risk management plans should consider project risks like delays, product risks like defects, and business risks like poor market reception for the new washing machine. The highest priority risks requiring strategies are those with high probability and effect. To estimate people needed for an office automation database project, calculate effort based on module sizes and characteristics then divide effort by development time. High complexity, storage needs, and low experience/skills will increase effort and people required. Adding people to a late software project often makes it later due to coordination overhead and Brooks' Law. The project manager should

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Umbrella Activities As They Act As A Framework or Umbrella Covering The Entire Process

Umbrella activities are framework activities that span the entire project process. Suppressing or restricting these activities to fix delays is not a good approach. Risk management plans should consider project risks like delays, product risks like defects, and business risks like poor market reception for the new washing machine. The highest priority risks requiring strategies are those with high probability and effect. To estimate people needed for an office automation database project, calculate effort based on module sizes and characteristics then divide effort by development time. High complexity, storage needs, and low experience/skills will increase effort and people required. Adding people to a late software project often makes it later due to coordination overhead and Brooks' Law. The project manager should

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Sample SPM Exam

Question 1
All processes include some activities that are part of every phase. They are called
umbrella activities as they act as a framework or umbrella covering the entire process.
What types of umbrella activities can you think of? If a project is in problems, for example
delayed, do you think that suppressing or restricting the umbrella activities is a good way
to fix the problem? Explain.

Question 2
Your enterprise Cleany Ltd has decided to implement the next generation washing
machine starting from scratch. In addition to the usual programs, the washing machine can
iron and fold the laundry. It also has a database where you can load new programs for
washing, ironing and folding. You are responsible for the risk management of the software
project. Identify possible project, product and business risks for the washing machine
software. Select the risk type, probability and effect for each risk. Which of the risks are
most important, requiring that some risk management strategies should be planned for
them?

Question 3
Consider a database system needed for an office automation project. Must be ready in six
months. The requirements document shows that 4 modules are needed, whose estimated
size is:
– Data entry 0.6 KLOC
– Data update 0.6 KLOC
– Query 0.8 KLOC
– Report generation 1.0 KLOC
Project characteristics are rated as follows:
– High complexity
– High storage
– Low experience and programmer capabilities
Other characteristics are judged as nominal. Estimate the people needed to complete the
project, remembering that PEOPLE = Effort/wallclock development time

Question 4
In his classical collection of essays The Mythical Man-Month (Addison-Wesley, 1975) Fred
Brooks presents the following often quoted statement: Adding people to a late software
project makes it later.
Suggest reasons why this statement is true - or is it true? What should the project
manager of a late software project do to cure the situation?

Question 5
Colonial State College is considering building a new multipurpose athletic complex on
campus. The complex would provide a new gymnasium for inter-collegiate basketball
games, expanded office space, classrooms, and intramural facilities that would have to be
undertaken before beginning construction are shown below.

Activity Description Immediate Time(weeks)


Predecessor
A Survey building site --- 6
B Develop initial design --- 8
C Obtain board approval A,B 12
D Select architect C 4
E Establish budget C 6
F Finalize design D,E 15
G Obtain financing E 12
H Hire contractor F,G 8

Draw the CPM/PERT network for the project. Identify the critical path.
Develop the activity schedule for the project (with the details for each activity).

Question 6
A robot development project comprises the tasks in the table below:

raw the CPM/PERT network for the project. Identify the critical path.
If at month 8 activities A, D, G have been completed, how late is the project? (use earned
value analysis)

Question 7
Software process measurement often involves measuring the work of individual people in
the process, such as time spent or faults made in certain tasks. What problems are there
in collecting this kind of information and how could these problems be reduced?

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