RammSoft

Managing Risk in Software Projects

1. Uncertainty and risk – permanent companions to every project

• Uncertainties, risks and threats
• Areas of high risk
• Common risks in software projects
• The main risk management activities
  • identification
  • quantification
  • analysis
  • response

2. Risk identification

• Getting acquainted to the sample project
• Brainstorming session to identify the possible threats
• Analysis of the results and preparing the full list of risks

3. Risk quantification and analysis

• Quantification of the identified risks – hands-on exercise
• Analysis and summarizing the results
• Preparing the list of the most dangerous risks to the project
• Analysis of the possible trigger events for some of the risks

4. Responding to risks

• Measures to decrease, avoid or react to risks – group discussion
• Best organizational practices for managing and controlling risks – final lecture

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