Risk management in software engineering: a scoping study

Background - Risk Management (RM) practices are usually established towards avoiding or minimizing problems, likely to occur during software development. It can be stated as the task of analyzing and managing the impact of every important action to be performed in the project. Aim - In the context o...

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Main Authors: Lopes Lobato, L, do Carmo Machado, I, da Mota Silveira Neto, P.A, Santana de Almeida, E, Romero de Lemos Meira, S
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Software engineering techniques
Software management
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Summary:Background - Risk Management (RM) practices are usually established towards avoiding or minimizing problems, likely to occur during software development. It can be stated as the task of analyzing and managing the impact of every important action to be performed in the project. Aim - In the context of RM practices, we developed a scoping study, aiming at analyzing the current scenario of RM practices in software development. Method - We analyzed 74 studies published by the most important venues published up to the year 2011. Based on the analyzed dataset, we sketched a set of useful practices for applying RM in software projects. Results - The analysis indicate that most of the studies subjectively describe ways to evaluate risks, instead of providing readers with details on how RM is to be performed. Conclusions - Such findings points out to the need of further research in the field of RM, specially due to its importance for software development projects.
DOI:10.1049/ic.2012.0032