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Risk Management for Software Projects

Authored by Richard E. Fairley
RN0077514
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After reading this ReadyNote you should understand:

  • the terminology of risk management for software projects
  • the role of conventional project management techniques in managing generic risk factors for software projects
  • methods and techniques used to identify, analyze, prioritize, and mitigate project-specific risk factors
  • risk mitigation strategies of avoidance, transfer, acceptance, immediate action, and contingent action
  • contents of risk management plans
  • top-N risk tracking and reporting
  • format, content, and use of risk registers
  • ways in which tools such as Crystal Ball, Risk Radar®, and Project Control Panel© can facilitate risk management
  • crisis management for software projects
  • risk management at the organizational level
  • joint risk management with customers and subcontractors

This ReadyNote is presented in 16 chapters. Appendix A contains a glossary of terms; Appendix B provides an overview of 5 well-known frameworks, standards, and guidelines that contain information relevant to risk management of software projects. The text is largely self-contained; however, references to additional literature and URLs for relevant web sites are included.

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Frameworks, standards, and guidelines for risk management
Chapter 3. Conventional project management techniques
Chapter 4. The risk management process
Chapter 5. Risk identification techniques
5.1 Checklists
5.2 Brainstorming
5.3 Expert judgment
5.4 SWOT
5.5 Analysis of assumptions and constraints
5.6 Lessons-learned files
5.7 Effort, cost, and schedule estimation
5.8 Schedule analysis
5.9 Requirements triage
5.10 Assets inventory
5.11 Tradeoff analysis
Chapter 6. Risk analysis and prioritization
6.1 Risk exposure
Chapter 7. Risk analysis techniques
7.1 Cause-effect diagrams
7.2 Scatter diagrams
7.3 Histograms
7.4 Pareto diagrams
Chapter 8. Risk mitigation strategies
8.1 Risk avoidance
8.2 Risk transfer
8.3 Risk acceptance
8.4 Immediate action
8.4.1 Immediate-action plans
8.5 Contingent action
Chapter 9. Top-N risk tracking
Chapter 10. Risk registers
Chapter 11. Two tools for managing risk factors
Chapter 12. Crisis management
Chapter 13. Risk management at the organizational level
Chapter 14. Joint risk management
Chapter 15. Key points of this ReadyNote
Chapter 16. Summary
References
Appendix A ý Glossary of Terms
Appendix B ý Frameworks, standards, and guidelines for risk management
B1. CMMI-DEV-v1.2
B2. ISO/IEC & IEEE/EIA Standards 12207
B3. IEEE Standard 1540
B4. IEEE Standard 1058
B5. PMI Body of Knowledge
  • Richard E. (Dick) Fairley is the founder and principal associate of Software Engineering Management Associates, a consulting and training organization. He is also an adjunct professor at Colorado Technical University. His research interests include risk management, project management, requirements engineering, software and systems design, and process improvement. Fairley has bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering. He has a PhD in computer science from UCLA. Prior to receiving his PhD he worked in industry as a digital system designer and computer programmer. Contact him at dickfairley@gmail.com.