CS615 Software Project Management Assignment 5 Deadline 7 July 2010

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Question No.01

You are working in sigma tech software house. Mr. SHAH is in the process of Source Selection for a contract for your project. He is planning to use weighing process for source selection. There are five vendors being considered. There are two deciding factors price (weight-age 60), quality (weight-age 40). The scores of five vendors that in Mr. SHAH Team have computed are displayed in the table below. Which vendor will among these five should be chosen and how?


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Question No.02

Mr. UMAR FAROOQ is the Project Manager for a Defiance project. The scope of the project has been completed. He receives a request for a new module to be developed as part of this project. What should he do next? Which option he would select and why?
a. He should approach the Senior Management and ask them for a new module to be developed as part of this project.
b. He should send the request to Change Control Board for approval.
c. Since the project scope is completed. He should inform the customer that this change cannot be done as part of the project.

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a. Vendor 1
b. Vendor 2
c. Vendor 3
d. Vendor 4
e. We need to compute the following for all the vendors - (0.4*Price + 0.6*Quality). The scores come out to be vendor 1 - 10.4, vendor 2 - 10, vendor 3 - 9.6, and vendor 4's 11. Since vendor 4 has the highest score, it should get selected.


• You are the Project Manager for XYZ project. The scope of the project has been completed. You receive a request for a new module to be developed as part of this project. What should you do next?
a. You should approach the Project sponsor and ask her for a new module to be developed as part of this project.
b. You should approach the Senior Management and ask them for a new module to be developed as part of this project.
c. You should send the request to Change Control Board for approval.
d. Since the project scope is completed you should inform the customer that this change cannot be done as part of the project.
Answer:
d. As the scope is completed, the project is complete. Additional work should be done as part of a new project.