Assignment

Write your answers with your own handwriting, and submit it to the system. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Q1. (10 pts) List and describe the external quality and quality-in-use attributes (ISO9126). Q2. (10 pts) List and explain the roles of a balanced team according to Belbin approach. You have been involved recently in a group project. Try to categorize each participant according to the Belbin classification. Were there any duplications or gaps in any of the roles? Did this seem to have any impact on progress? Q3. (30 pts) Consider the following table. Activity Duration Depends on A 2 days B 10 days A 2 days A D 2 days E 3 days F 2 days G 4 days B,D,E,F SA = system analyst; SD = system designer; SC = system coder Resource Type SA SD SD SC SC SC SA a. (10 pts) Draw up an activity network for the activities above, and identify the critical path (PERT). b. (10 pts) Draw up a resource table showing the number of each type of resource needed on each day of the project. c. (10 pts) Generate resource histogram for both SA and SC. Q4. (40 pts) Identify a set of associated keywords related with the Software Project Management class. Find a research article published after 2012, covering your keywords (Elsevier-publications are preferred, www.sciencedirect.com). Summarize the article by describing briefly the research purpose, methodology, and results. Discuss the findings of the paper and compare it with the existing literature. Provide your own comments about the contribution of the research both for practice and theory. Suggest a further research topic. (Please answer this question briefly) Q5. (10 pts) Define job enrichment and job enlargement by providing examples