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Module 4: Software Engineering Project
Quick questions on Project management tools explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 4
8short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What is left to do?Show answer
| Issue tracker | | What is happening right now? | Kanban board | | When will the project finish? | Gantt chart | | Who is working on what?
What is issue trackers?Show answer
The central list of work. Each issue captures one task, bug, or piece of work. Common fields:
What is kanban boards?Show answer
A visual board with columns (typically: Backlog, To do, In progress, In review, Done). Each card on the board is an issue. The board shows the workflow at a glance:
What is gantt charts?Show answer
A chart with tasks as rows, time on the horizontal axis, bars showing duration. Dependencies between tasks are drawn as arrows.
What is worked?Show answer
A four-person Software Engineering Project group:
What is confusing Gantt chart with timeline?Show answer
A timeline is just dates. A Gantt chart shows dependencies and durations, allowing critical-path analysis.
What is over-tooling a tiny team?Show answer
A two-person project does not need Jira plus Confluence plus Notion plus a Gantt chart. A GitHub project board plus a shared doc is enough.
What is skipping documentation in the tools?Show answer
Issues with descriptions, comments and links are the documentation. An issue closed with no comment leaves no record of the decision. :::