Answer the questions based on business and IT scenarios
Questions:
1: Read about project methodologies in "What's the Difference? Agile vs. Scrum vs. Waterfall vs. Kanban" from Smartsheet.
Then discuss in 200 words the project methodology you are considering, or have already chosen, for your project proposal.
What specific characteristics of your project's context and/or objectives led you to choose this particular methodology?
What aspects of the methodology do you consider the most relevant for your particular project, and why?
2: Discuss in 200 words ways to determine which database management system will work best for a fictional project. What are some best practices or industry-accepted criteria for matching a given database management system's characteristics with your project requirements?
3: Today's trend may be tomorrow's "whatever happened to...?"
discuss in 200 words how you can differentiate between a fly-by-night product or approach and one with real business value and staying power. What sources of information do you trust? What criteria do you apply to make your decisions?
4: Software test plans identify specific features that need to be tested, how they need to be tested, and to what extent they need to pass the identified tests.
Include the following in your discussion:
The ramifications of stringent testing criteria versus lax testing criteria
What might happen if insufficient time were left near the end of a project to conduct testing
Some situations or features for which testing might not be required at all
5: A project implementation plan or rollout schedule must identify the tasks that needed to be done, the order in which they need to be done, and who is responsible for doing each of them. However, in real life, schedules often fall behind what is planned.
discuss in 200 words some ways for building contingency and resilience into a rollout schedule.
Include the potential benefits of conducting a project post-mortem. What behaviors or conditions would need to happen to make a company realize those benefits? What behaviors or conditions might prevent the benefits from being achieved?
