Theory-W Software Project Management Principles and Examples
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Software Project Control: An Experimental Investigation of Judgment with Fallible Information
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A framework for identifying software project risks
Communications of the ACM
Components of Software Development Risk: How to Address Them? A Project Manager Survey
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Managing Information Technology: What Managers Need to Know
Managing Information Technology: What Managers Need to Know
Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach
Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach
Corporate Information Systems Management: The Issues Facing Senior Executives
Corporate Information Systems Management: The Issues Facing Senior Executives
Software Risk Management: Principles and Practices
IEEE Software
Predicting good requirements for in-house development projects
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM/IEEE international symposium on Empirical software engineering
Risk factors in software development projects
SEPADS'07 Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems
Risk and risk management in software projects: A reassessment
Journal of Systems and Software
The mechanisms of project management of software development
Journal of Systems and Software
Proceedings of the 2005 conference on New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques: Proceedings of the fourth SoMeT_W05
VRRM: a value-based requirements' risk management process
SE '08 Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering
Identifying trouble patterns in complex IT services engagements
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Analytics for software development
Proceedings of the FSE/SDP workshop on Future of software engineering research
Information needs for software development analytics
Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Software Engineering
Software Development Project Risk: A Second Order Factor Model Validated in the Indian Context
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
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The failure rate of software projects has been proven to be very high, and the incidence of failure is becoming worse as more companies venture into software development. Risk management is a collection of methods aimed at minimising or reducing the effects of project failure. This research report has focused on experienced project manager's perceptions of software project risks and controls. It reports on the more significant risks and controls that are utilised to reduce the occurrence of the risk factors, or minimise the impact of various risks. Risk factors involved in software projects along with controls to mitigate these factors were identified in the literature. These were then used in an empirical study to determine their importance and frequency of occurrence. The effectiveness of various controls to reduce the occurrence of risk factors was also identified and discussed. Experienced project managers were found to use certain controls more than inexperienced project managers, particularly 'assign responsibilities to team members' and 'stabilise requirements and specifications'.