Basics of project management

Basics of project management

• Define project?
• Who is a stakeholder?
• Can you explain Scope triangle?
• Can you explain what’s a vision and a goal?
• What is ROI?
• Can you explain project life cycle?
• You have people in your team who do not meet there deadlines or do not perform what
• are the actions you will take?
• Are risk constant through out the project?
• Explain SDLC (Software development Life Cycle) in detail?
• Can you explain waterfall model?
• Can you explain big-bang waterfall model?
• Can you explain phased waterfall model?
• Explain Iterative model, Incremental model, Spiral model, Evolutionary model and VModel?
• Explain Unit testing, Integration tests, System testing and Acceptance testing?
• what’s the difference between system and acceptance testing?
• Which is the best model?
• What is CAR (Causal Analysis and Resolution)?
• What is DAR (Decision Analysis and Resolution)?
• Can you explain the concept of baseline in software development?
• What is the software you have used for project management?
• What does a project plan consist?
• When do you say the project has finished?
• Can you explain what a PMO office is?
• How many members in your team you have handled?
• Is GANTT chart a project plan?
• Two resources are having issues how do you handle the same?
• What is a change request?
• How did you manage change request in your project?
• Can you explain traceability matrix?
• what is configuration management?
• What is CI?
• Define stakeholders?
• Can you explain versioning?
• Can you explain the concept of sign off?
• How will you start a project?
• what is an MOU?
• What where the deliverables in your project?
• Can you explain your project?
• Do you also participate in technical activities?
• How did you manage code reviews?
• you have team member who does not meets his deadlines how do you handle it?
• did you have project audits if yes how was it handled?
• What is a non-conformance report (NCR)?
• How did you estimate your project?
• How did you motivate your team members?
• did you create leaders in your team if yes how?
• how did you confirm that your modules are resource independent?
• Was your project show cased for CMMI or any other project process standardization?
• what are the functions of the Quality Assurance Group (QAG)?
• Can you explain milestone?
• How did you do assessme nt of team members?
• What does entry and exit criteria mean in a project?
• How much are you as leader and how much are you as PM ?
• How can he handle the conflicts between peers and subordinates?
• In your team you have highly talented people how did you ha ndle their motivation ?
• How can you balance between underperforming and outperforming people ?
• You need to make choice between delivery and quality what’s your take ?