Understanding software project risk: a cluster analysis

Wallace, Linda G.; Keil, Mark; Rai, Arun

doi:10.1016/j.im.2003.12.007

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“…Additional approaches (e.g Al-Ahmad et al 2009;Barclay 2008;Dwivedi et al 2013b;Kappelman et al 2006;Schmidt et al 2001;Wallace et al 2004;Yeo 2002) have provided alternative perspectives on common causes of IS project failure, for example the concept of "project escalation" (Keil et al 1998). Strong and Volkoff (2010) provide a technology focused categorization of enterprise system failure in organizations, proposing the concept of "organization-enterprise system misfit" to explain IS failure.…”

Section: Information Systems Successmentioning

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Research on information systems failures and successes: Status update and future directions

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Section: Information Systems Successmentioning

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Research on information systems failures and successes: Status update and future directions

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“…Following catalogues of requirement risks [17][18][19][20], argumentation schemes addressing the analysis of requirement risks can be proposed. To formulate these templates, requirement risks were analyzed according to the key RE tasks [1].…”

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Argumentation Schemes for the Collaborative Debate of Requirement Risks in Software Projects

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Fontoura

Bordini

et al. 2017

International Conferences on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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-Managing risks in real-world software projects is of paramount importance. A significant class of such risks is related to the engineering of requirements, commonly involving the presentation and analysis of risk management arguments from both software engineers and clients involved in collaborative debates. In this work, drawing inspiration from argumentation theory in Artificial Intelligence, we introduce a number of "argumentation schemes" and associated "critical questions" to support such discussions. In doing so, we propose schemes related to risks due to excessive numbers of requirements; inadequate client representatives and poor understanding of client needs; incorrect, incomplete and conflicting requirements, and complex and non-traceable requirements. We also present a case study where the developed schemes were used to support the discussion of requirement risks in the context of a research and prototyping software project for the Brazilian Army.

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“…The users understand the difficulty to show the benefits obtained with the use of risk management, lack of resources for the function, lack of experience with the techniques and time for application (Kwak & Stoddard, 2004;Lyons & Skitmore, 2004;Wallace et al, 2004), in addition to the low authority and lack of ability of the project managers as limiting factors to their management (Globerson & Zwikael, 2002). This statement lead to the following proposition: Most problems in projects is managerial and not technical (Shenhar & Dvir, 2007).…”

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Caracterização da gestão de fatores de risco em projetos de infraestrutura

2017

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ISSN 0104-530X (Print) ISSN 1806-9649 (Online) Resumo: Este estudo tem por objetivo compreender como se caracteriza a gestão dos fatores de risco no desempenho de projetos de infraestrutura. Para tal, utilizou-se o referencial teórico associado tanto à literatura voltada para o gerenciamento de riscos quanto sobre complexidade e desempenho de projetos. A estratégia de pesquisa utilizada baseou-se no método de estudo de casos múltiplos, compreendendo a análise de cinco empreendimentos em dois segmentos econômicos distintos. As evidências empíricas sugerem que o impacto dos fatores de risco no desempenho dos projetos depende da intensidade da gestão dos riscos e das habilidades dos gerentes de risco, mas não varia com a complexidade dos projetos. O estudo também indica que a intensidade do desempenho nas dimensões analisadas varia de acordo com a influência dos fatores considerados. Palavras-chave: Projeto de infraestrutura; Desempenho; Gerenciamento de risco; Fator de risco; Complexidade.Abstract: This study aims to understand how risk factor management is characterized in the performance of infrastructure projects. The multiple-case study methodology was used, including the analysis of five projects in two different economic sectors. Empirical evidence suggests that the impact of risk factors in the performance of projects depends on risk management intensity and on the skills of risk managers, but it does not vary with project complexity. Furthermore, the intensity of the analyzed performance dimensions may vary according to the influence of the factors considered.

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Understanding software project risk: a cluster analysis

Cited by 315 publications

References 49 publications

Research on information systems failures and successes: Status update and future directions

Research on information systems failures and successes: Status update and future directions

Argumentation Schemes for the Collaborative Debate of Requirement Risks in Software Projects

Caracterização da gestão de fatores de risco em projetos de infraestrutura

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