Risk Management in Software Development Projects - Softcover

McManus, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750658673 ISBN 13: 9780750658676

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Very few software projects are completed on time, on budget, and to their original specification causing the global IT software industry to lose billions each year in project overruns and reworking software. Research supports that projects usually fail because of management mistakes rather than technical mistakes. Risk Management in Software Development Projects focuses on what the practitioner needs to know about risk in the pursuit of delivering software projects.

Risk Management in Software Development Projects will help all practicing IT Project Managers and IT Managers understand:
* Key components of the risk management process
* Current processes and best practices for software risk identification
* Techniques of risk analysis
* Risk Planning
* Management processes and be able to develop the process for various organizations

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About the Author

John McManus

From the Back Cover

Very few software projects are completed on time, on budget, and to their original specification causing the global IT software industry to lose billions each year in project overruns and reworking software. Research supports that projects usually fail because of management mistakes rather than technical mistakes.

Risk Management in Software Development Projects focuses on what the practitioner needs to know about risk in the pursuit of delivering software projects.

Risk Management in Software Development Projects will help all practicing IT Project Managers and IT Managers understand:
* key components of the risk management process
* current processes and best practices for software risk identification
* techniques of risk analysis
* risk planning
* management processes and be able to develop the process for various organizations

John McManus is a software engineer with 15 years experience in project delivery and is an acknowledged expert in project recovery methods and risk management. John is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lincoln and visiting Professor in Management Sciences at the Rushmore Institute.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750658673
• ISBN 13: 9780750658676
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188