1. What is a project?

In what ways is it different from what most people do in their

day-to-day jobs?

2. What is project management? Briefly describe the project management

framework.

3. Which skills are most important for an information technology project manager?
Do you think they require strong technical skills?

4. Explain briefly any two Adaptive Software Development Life Cycles.

5. Explain briefly the phases of project life cycle. What is the difference between
project life cycle & product life cycle?

6. What does it mean to take a systems view of a project? Also explain how can four
frames of organizations help project managers understand the organizational
context for their projects?

7. Who are the stakeholders in a project? What role do they play in project
management?

8. Describe briefly the tools used by Project manager to do scheduling and resource
allocation.

9. How do Network Diagrams help in Project Planning? Define predecessor,

successor and parallel activities. Give a real world example of each.

10. What is the difference between Network Diagram & PERT? Draw an Activity on
Arrow network diagram for the given data. What is the critical path for this
project & how long it is? What is the shortest possible time it will take to
complete this project?

Activity Initial Final Estimated

Node Node Time

A 1 2 2

B 2 3 2

C 2 4 3

D 2 5 4

E 3 6 2

F 4 6 3

G 5 7 6
H 6 8 2

I 6 7 5

J 7 8 1

K 8 9 2

11. What do you mean by Project Metrics? Explain with help of EVA.

12. What are the key components of a project communications plan? How can a
stakeholder analysis assist in preparing & implementing parts of this plan?

13. Define Project Risk Management Planning.

14. What are the different approaches to do Risk Analysis and Assessment?

15. Explain the Project Procurement Process in Detail.

16. What is the purpose of a contract? Discuss different types of contracts.

17. Explain the make or buy process. Suppose your company is trying to decide
whether to buy equipment or lease it. Suppose leasing the equipment costs 240 Rs
per day. If you purchase it, initial investment is 6,800 & operations will cost 70
Rs per day. Assume your company would use it for thirty days. Should your
company buy it or lease it?

18. What is outsourcing? What are the issues which must be considered to avoid any
problems in outsourcing?

19. Define Change Management. What role do sponsor, change agent and targets play
in it?

20. What are the different approaches of conflict management? How can developing a
polarity map help overcome conflict?

21. What are the challenges in change management? Explain with help of Lewin’s
Model for change.

22. What is resistance? Why would people resist change even if it was beneficial to
them?

23. Why are international projects more complex than domestic projects? Discuss.
24. What role does leadership play in project management? What are the different
approaches to leadership?

25. “Emotional Intelligence enhances life-balance and produces creative energy.”

Discuss.

26. Why is the application of ethics to business settings important? What are some of
the common ethical dilemmas a project manager might have to deal with?

27. Describe the steps taken for Project Closure & Evaluation.

28. Describe the various approaches to implement an information system. Discuss

merits & demerits of each.

Note: - Every student has to do one question and submit it on 9/01/09. I will not be
accepting late assignments.