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What are the phase to project management? Which phase is the most important and why?

Asked By: Ginette | Asked On: Jul 9th, 2008

Answered by: Ram on: Apr 26th, 2013

I hope this is related to project. The phase of the project are not fixed and depends on the projects and the process a company follow. Normally in SDLC we have the following phases System Requirement...

Answered by: Shaswat_PMI on: Jan 9th, 2013

Project Phases and Process Groups are two different things. Typical phases in any projects; Requirement Analysis, Design, Construction, Testing & Implementation/Deployment OR Starting the project, Org...

Should a project manager be aggressive or assertive?

Asked By: uma101 | Asked On: Apr 16th, 2008

What is the difference between aggressiveness & assertiveness? Should a project manager be aggressive or assertive?

Answered by: Satyaraj on: Apr 10th, 2010

I agree, PM can neither be aggressive not assertive. New PM methodologies like scrumCritical Chain, focus on "FOCUS". Nothing should be done to the team  which will distract the focus o...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 1st, 2009

Reviewing the answers below and getting a feel for the line of thinking therein, I am compelled to say that a project manager must be neither aggressive nor assertive when it comes to resources and sc...

How should a project mgr react when one of his key team member resigns with a short notice period?

Asked By: SL | Asked On: Oct 1st, 2007

Answered by: bsha1234 on: Nov 25th, 2009

This is what I recommendStep 1 - Immediately inform HR to start resource requisition.Step 2 - Assess impact on the project due to person leavingStep 3 - Talk to the person and understand reason o...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: May 8th, 2009

From a project manager's standpoint, it is pretty simple. Inform the management and project stakeholders, request the HR manager for a suitable replacement, onboard the replacement and march forward....

What are the critical things a project manager must focus to the senior management?

Asked By: RajivPrasad | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: abdulmunaf on: Jul 2nd, 2009

At the time of project planning, a communication plan must be prepared with participation of senior managment who are also the stakeholders in the project.The details include:a) what are senior m...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: May 8th, 2009

1. Overall Project Health (Schedule, Budget) - preferably in colors of Green, Yellow, Red 2. True and accurate status of the project, in clear and concise terms, including high level project sche...

Why is communication skill very vital for a project manager?

Asked By: Robert | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 14th, 2007

Communication is the basis for any relationship - it can make or break it. A project depends on several human components - customers, management, stakeholders, various dependency groups, direct teams,...

Answered by: raghu on: Feb 21st, 2007

PM is Role model for total team and he should be very strong in communication skills. Apart from that he/she should be able to understand the requirements which includes listening skills, messenger skills (communicating between business clients and Tech team) and leadership skills.

Mention some of the steps a project manager takes to ensure quality in project?

Asked By: nancyphilips | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: m_manic on: Dec 11th, 2009

Define business goals
Reduce the amount of paperwork to what is absolutely necessary
Reduce organizational barriers Improve communications
Question if a step in the process is really needed, or if it can be eliminated to make delivery as fast as is practical.
Use efficient decision making

Answered by: athulmathew on: Jul 1st, 2008

Quality controll is ensuring that every thing is done as per plan and specification. Firstly we need to study the parameters which comes to play an important role in the quality controll phase. Docume...

What are the induction processes a project manager must plan for team members?

Asked By: scott | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: SomGollakota on: May 8th, 2009

There are two parts to this. Induction at the start of the project (Project Kickoff), and induction of new team members mid-stream of project execution. At the start of the project: Pre-work: 1....

Answered by: khalid hussain on: Oct 26th, 2007

Make them comfortable in the new environment explaining them about the whole project what are the business expectations and deadlines .

How often is learning process important for a project manager and why?

Asked By: timmy | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 14th, 2007

As often as it takes. Learning is an on-going process. One learns something new everyday, if one knows where to look. Projects, by definition, are unique. As such, the situations encountered in projec...

Answered by: keerun on: Apr 11th, 2007

Project Management is a practice and in every practice it is very important to understand the framework and rules.There is certainly a need of learning new methodologies and advancements in this practice as every PM has unique solution to every situation.

How must the project manager react under pressured projects?

Asked By: norman | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: mgayathry01 on: Dec 5th, 2007

The PM should act as a shock absorber and remain composed always and especially during pressured situations. Passing the business pressure onto the project execution team may have adverse effects...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 14th, 2007

With patience and calm.
With these two qualities, a project manager will be able to see the causes for the pressure clearly, and find effective ways to either remedy or deflect the pressure.

A big no is to transfer that pressure to the worker-bees - the team that is actually executing the tasks.

What are the main attributes to be possessed by a project manager?

Asked By: joel | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: m_manic on: Dec 11th, 2009

Building confidence within the whole project team
Managing change
Planning
Communication
Risk analysis
Problem solving
Quality control

Answered by: Pashu Pati Nath Pandey on: Jul 27th, 2007


Main Attributes are:

@ Keen to gather information and assemble them to trace out the current scenario
@ Should not be suffer from planning myopia
@ Should accept the fact that contigencies may arise so if possible complete as much as possbile during the favorable situation.
@ Should have paticence

What are project management tools? Mention some of them?

Asked By: blenda | Asked On: Feb 5th, 2007

Answered by: ds1164 on: May 31st, 2009

Project Management tools are normally used to assist in project Planning, Execution and Monitoring & Control activities.Most common tool for project management are: 1. Microsoft Enterprise Project ( ...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: May 8th, 2009

A tool is something we use to accomplish a task. The effectiveness of the task completion depends on the tool of choice. Using the right tool for the job requires understanding of the tools at our...

What are the main objects of a project manager?

Asked By: MANISH KUMAR GUPTA | Asked On: Nov 14th, 2006

Answered by: SomGollakota on: May 8th, 2009

(I am guessing, the phrase "main objects of" actually means "main objectives of")The objective and goal of a project manager is to successfully deliver the project. In order to do so, he or she would ...

Answered by: sundeepbhatt on: Jul 30th, 2007

From PMI, there are lots of activities needed to be performed by a Project Manager. PM is actually "owner" of the project. He/She has to get involved in every step of project from Initiation...

What is the difference between function and member function?

Asked By: sharath | Asked On: Jul 14th, 2006

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 13th, 2007

Assuming function is not a part of any class, and member function (obviously) is a part of a class, the difference is their scope.1. Function - is normally refered to a C-style function which has a gl...

Answered by: Sachin Bidwai on: Nov 22nd, 2006

I am going to answer this by considering Function as a Normal Function (non member function)We can access the member function by an object of that class.Function has not required an object of tha...

It possible to inherit the priVATe member in drived class?

Asked By: Marish Gupta | Asked On: May 12th, 2006

Answered by: gsriram91 on: Jun 4th, 2008

we can inherit within the declared class we cant use it outside the class

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 13th, 2007

Inheritance is one thing, access is quite another. For a C++ class,1. Private members - are off limites to everyone except the ones that are declared in one way or the other, inside the class (direct ...

What is function overriding?

Asked By: yogendra singh rajavat | Asked On: Mar 24th, 2006

Answered by: Rudresh on: Jan 18th, 2012

For a global objects and static class members, the initializer list doesnt invoke any code on run time. (Initialization data is stored directly in the binary). If you are initializing a lot of object...

Answered by: arpita on: Jan 15th, 2012

the name of function,return type,and no. of function are same in base class and derived class than it is known as function overriding.

C double dimensional arrays

Asked By: Kaustav Dey Biswas | Asked On: Feb 2nd, 2006

How can double dimensional arrays be dynamically initialized in C ?

Answered by: Ajay Kanse on: Dec 23rd, 2008

There are multiple ways to do this :1. int **arr = (int**) malloc(nrows * sizeof(int*));    for (i=0 ; i<nrows ; i++)    {       arr[i]=(...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 13th, 2007

If the question is "How to initialize memory that is dynamically allocated for a 2D array", there are a couple different ways.1. Use memset. memset sets a chunk of memory to a given value. U...

What is memory leaking in C++ ?

Asked By: gopala krishna | Asked On: Jan 11th, 2006

Answered by: ajrobb on: Sep 22nd, 2010

A memory leak in C++ is generally caused by not understanding the language.The std::auto_ptr<class> or similar should be used whenever allocating objects on the heap using new. This is essential...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 13th, 2007

Memory leak is - dynamically allocating memory and forgeting to free it. In C++, using a new operator to allocate a chunk of memory, and forgetting to delete it. There are several reasons this could o...

Explain about metrics and types of metrics like schedule variance , effort variance?

Asked By: sree880 | Asked On: Nov 30th, 2005

Answered by: av45738 on: Nov 20th, 2009

Effort Variance= (Actual effort-estimated effort)/Estimated effort*100

Schedule Variance=(Actual elapsed time- estimated elapsed time)/estimated elapsed time*100

Answered by: SomGollakota on: May 8th, 2009

Variance is the difference between the plan and actual. It could be anything (budget, schedule, effort, resources, scope, quality, performance - any measurable item in a project that we can plan f...

What are virtual functions? How to implement virtual functions in "c"

Asked By: suji | Asked On: Sep 19th, 2005

Answered by: kamranahmad on: May 25th, 2008

Hi here i have more simplified example Hope this will give you clear view and check this linkhttp://www.codersource.net/published/view/325/virtual_functions_in.aspx#include <stdio.h>#include <...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Apr 21st, 2008

Sukesh, Your response is essentially correct if we are talking about pure virtual functions. However, when we talk about virtual functions, then we perhaps need to make a distinction between regu...

What is virtual constructors/destructors?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Mar 6th, 2005

Virtual destructors: if an object (with a non-virtual destructor) is destroyed explicitly by applying the delete operator to a base-class pointer to the object, the base-class destructor function (matching the pointer type) is called on the object.   there is a simple solution to this problem...

Answered by: berezleon on: Dec 1st, 2007

Virtual constructor is not build-in C++ feature but it doesn't mean its not used by devs in code and in conversations. There are many other things that doesn't exist in particular language yet, people...

Answered by: krisgroup on: Oct 22nd, 2007

hi,we can not have the virtual constructors the basic reason is that, it turns out to be a syntax error because when you create some virtual function it must go into a VTable kind of thing that keeps ...

What is virtual class and friend class?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Mar 6th, 2005

Friend classes are used when two or more classes are designed to work together and need access to each other's implementation in ways that the rest of the world shouldn't be allowed to have. In other words, they help keep priVATe things priVATe. For instance, it may be desirable for class databasecursor...

Answered by: sivakumar.v on: Jul 3rd, 2008

virtual class :: It is an inner class which can be overriden by the derived classes.

Answered by: SomGollakota on: May 25th, 2008

Answering amarendra.moharana's question.Amarendra, My apologies that it took so long to answer your question. Haven't logged in for quite a while.In class D of your example, you will still hav...

What is function overloading and operator overloading?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Mar 6th, 2005

  function overloading: C++ enables several functions of the same name to be defined, as long as these functions have different sets of parameters (at least as far as their types are concerned). This capability is called function overloading. When an overloaded function is called, the C++ compiler...

Answered by: MCBod on: Mar 31st, 2010

Overloading basically refers to the provision of second of subsequent version of the same function or operator based on different parameters.In terms of functions each different version of t...

Answered by: Dhiraj Girdhar on: Jan 1st, 2009

Here are some examples1) Function overloadingclass FuncOver {public:      // Constructors can also be overloaded.      FuncOver();  &nb...

Difference between realloc() and free()?  

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Mar 6th, 2005

The free subroutine frees a block of memory previously allocated by the malloc subroutine. Undefined results occur if the pointer parameter is not a valid pointer. If the pointer parameter is a null value, no action will occur. The realloc subroutine changes the size of the block of memory pointed to...

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 13th, 2007

free() - releases the memory of the pointer passed as parameter, to the OS/application consumption. Using the pointer after free() will result in undefinded resultsrealloc() - used to resize the memor...

Answered by: Roopesh Majeti on: May 27th, 2007

Mitra,as you mentioned that realloc will delete the existing memory and allocate the new memory . I tried it on solaris and following is found :1. If the new size allocated is less than the existing m...

What do you mean by binding of data and functions?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Mar 6th, 2005

Encapsulation.  

Answered by: neelu7779 on: Jul 31st, 2008

Binding in context to functions means "Linking of a function call to the code to be executed in response to the function call"

Answered by: SomGollakota on: Jun 13th, 2007

Apologies. Looks like I did not read the question properly in my previous answer. Binding data and functions:One of the OO features supported by C++ is Encapsulation. Encapsulation is to have data and...

What is public, protected, priVATe?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Mar 6th, 2005

Public, protected and priVATe are three access specifiers in c++. 1. Public data members and member functions are accessible outside the class.2. Protected data members and member functions are only available to derived classes.3. PriVATe data members and member functions can’t be accessed outside the...

Answered by: KomalUpadhyay on: Nov 14th, 2009

Private Protected and Public all these are access specifiers.
Private Data Members are only available inside class
Protected Data Members are  only available inside class as well as in derived classes.
Public Data members are available everywhere

Answered by: gunjan.chandra on: Jun 12th, 2009

These are three important access specifiers.1. Private - Members are accessible only to member functions and friend function. 2. Protected - Members are accessible to member functions of the class an...

What is an object?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Jul 4th, 2005

Object is a software bundle of variables and related methods. Objects have state and behavior.

Answered by: srabani_mazumder on: Aug 30th, 2010

The term object means a combination of data and logic that represents some real world entity.

Answered by: rajangidwani on: Jul 20th, 2009

An object is an instance of the class through which we can access the methods and class variables

What is a class?

Asked By: Interview Candidate | Asked On: Jun 28th, 2005

Class is a user-defined data type in c++. It can be created to solve a particular kind of problem. After creation the user need not know the specifics of the working of a class.  

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Answered by: hirma

Answered On : Sep 18th, 2005

class is a userdefined datatype which consists of attributes(datamembers) and behavior(member functions).Bydefault the members of a class is private.

Answered by: srabani_mazumder on: Aug 30th, 2010

A class is a set of objects that share a common structure and a common behavior, a single object is simply an instance of a class. 

Answered by: KomalUpadhyay on: Nov 14th, 2009

In C, we can use only inbuilt data types for program needs but from C++ we can create userdefined datatypes in form of classes. Classes wrap datamembers and member functions that operate on datamembers together.

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