QUESTION 1

Software metrics are numerical data related to software development. Metrics strongly support software project management activities. They relate to four functions of management. What are they?

QUESTION 2

Explain & or describe the three concepts that you should keep in mind when designing for Reusability?

QUESTION 3

The Goal Question Metric (GQM) approach, defined by Basili et al., is a valuable, structured, and widely accepted method for answering the question of what to measure. Briefly, the GQM drives the definition of a metrics program from the top down. What are the 3 approaches?

QUESTION 4

Assume that you have a new, 1000 FP military project. What is the estimate for effort, staffing, and duration? Assume the design through coding is 50% of the schedule

QUESTION 5

Many organizations that are ISO-9000 certified and/or CMM Level 3 or higher use "shalls" within their requirements documents for mandatory requirements. For example, "the system shall record the time and date of every update" is a mandatory requirement. These mandatory requirements can be traced to design, to code, and to test cases, allowing an organization to certify that they have indeed developed and tested every mandatory requirement. If you have a consistent style and level of detail in your requirements, you may find a strong correlation between the number of shalls and the overall effort or LOC in your project

Within your organization, you have found that the average number of staff months per "shall" in a requirements document is 1.05 with a standard deviation of 10%. You have a new project that has 100 "shalls" in the requirements. Estimate the number of staff months? This estimate is for your boss, and you need to be as accurate as possible

QUESTION 6

We have a new 4GL application that will consist of the following

1. Three input screens, each of which has two views and references six different data sources

2. One output report that has four sections and references eight data sources

3. Three existing 3GL components and requires an additional three to be programmed. In addition, the programmers' productivity on past projects was 15 OPs per staff month, and the environment is average. What would be a reasonable estimate for this new application?

QUESTION 7

You are in a military project that aims mobile howitzers (Ground Project 195 LOC). You have estimated the size of your program to be 150 KLOC. Estimate the effort?