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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 4
PM0015-Quantitaive Methods in Project Management
(Book ID: B2011)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer all questions must be written within 300 to 400 words each.
Each Question carries 10 marks 6 X 10=60.
Q1. Explain Business Value Models in detail.
Balanced scorecard model
The Treacy-Wiersema model
The Kano model
Answer. The following business models in detail in the following section:
Balanced scorecard model:
The balanced scorecard model defines four scoring areas for business value and was
first published by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton in an article, The Balanced
Scorecard Measures that Drive Performance.
The model was developed as a replacement for earlier systems; those only included
the financial perspective to measure performance. The business scorecard model is
an educational, informational, and

Q2. What is parametric estimating? Explain the steps involved in the

development of a parametric model.
Answer. Parametric estimating:
Parametric estimating is an estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship
between historical data and other variables, such as square footage in construction
and lines of code in software development for calculating an estimate for activity
parameters, such as scope, cost, budget, and duration. Parametric estimating can

produce higher levels of accuracy depending upon the accuracy and sophistication of
the

Q3. What is Capital Budgeting. What aspects of capital budgeting must be

considered while selecting a project?
Answer. Capital Budgeting: Capital budgeting is a process used by companies for evaluating and ranking
potential expenditures or investments that are significant in amount. The large
expenditures could include the purchase of new equipment, rebuilding existing
equipment, purchasing delivery vehicles, constructing additions to buildings, etc. The
large amounts spent for these types of projects are known as capital expenditures.

Q4. Explain the various expense items in a project.

(List the various expense items in a project
Describe each expense with suitable examples 9 (3 marks for each expense item)
Answer. List the various expense items in a project:
Direct and indirect costs
Variable and fixed costs
Actual and standard costs
Direct and indirect costs
Direct costs are expenses that directly affect the budget of a project. Expenses that
are for the express benefit of the project, and would not be incurred if not for the
project, are usually called "direct expenses." In other words, direct costs can be
identified with specific project activities with high levels of accuracy. For example, if a
project organization outsources some of its system development works, the amount
paid to the developer for the development work would be a direct cost. Indirect costs,
also known

Q5. Explain Benefit-Cost Ratio Analysis and Break-Even Analysis.

Answer. A benefit cost ratio (BCR) attempts to identify the relationship between
the cost and benefits of a proposed project. Benefit cost ratios are most often used in
corporate finance to detail the relationship between possible benefits and costs, both
quantitative and qualitative, of undertaking new projects or replacing old ones. The
ratio is used to measure both the quantitative and the qualitative factors, since
sometimes the benefits and the costs cannot be measured exclusively in financial
terms. When possible,

Q6. What are the steps that should be followed to construct a house of
quality?
(Explain the 5 steps that should be followed to construct a house of quality)
Answer. 5 steps that should be followed to construct a house of quality:
1. Voice of the customer: This step includes determining and identifying the
customers needs. The main objective of this step is to translate the needs of
every customer into engineering specifications. Customers buy products that
have the desired characteristics, and manufacturers offer the desired
characteristics. There should be a proper alignment between the needs of the
customers and the offerings

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