This document contains questions for an assignment on computer center management. It asks students to answer true/false questions about statements related to information management, configuration management, and task allocation. It also asks students to complete sentences about how technology has changed society, the activities involved in software project management, how clients validate systems, and what project plans specify. Finally, it asks students to discuss the difference between project planning and scheduling, whether there are differences between milestones and deliverables, and to state three key risks in software development projects and suggest solutions.

1. CS414: Computer Center Management
Sheet # 1
Fall 2014 Dr. Ghada Abdelhady
Answer the following questions
(Assignment #1 Solve Q# 7, 8 and 9 due date 30th
Oct)
1. State true or false for the following statements and correct the false:
a. Information is absolute, needs process but the data is relative, used directly without
transformation ( )
Correction: ……………………………………………………………………………
b. Configuration management plan Defines how the system will be maintained. ( )
Correction: …………………………………………………………………………..
c. A task is typically allocated to a single person ( )
Correction: ……………………………………………………………………………
d. A work package is typically a much smaller piece of work ( )
Correction: ……………………………………………………………………………
2. Complete the following sentences by the suitable answer:
a. Computer and Information Technology has changed the society in many aspects, such
as: ……………., ……………….. and ……………………
b. Activities in software project management are ………………….., …………………..,
………………………….. and …………………………………
c. ……………… Defines how a client will validate the system that has been developed.
d. ……………… ……………. ………….. specifies the order of work to be carried out,
resources, responsibilities, etc.
e. Measurement mechanisms to monitor progress is carried out via ……………….. and
……………………..
3. Good management cannot guarantee the project success, but bad management
usually results in project failure, Discuss
4. What is the difference between the project planning and scheduling?
5. Are there any difference between the milestone and the deliverables to achieve the
work breakdown activities? Giving examples
6. The most important step in the structure of development plan is work breakdown,
State its activities
7. The biggest single problem that afflicts software developing is that of
underestimating resources required for a project. Suggest some plans to build a
good project.
8. Why the Software development plan is the central plan to build a good project?
9. State THREE of the key risks and suggest the solutions.
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