ABSTRACT

Lack of risk management or its inadequate application is one reason that software development projects fail. Agile methods, which have become increasingly popular, do not offer specific activities to manage risks. We develop and evaluate a tool for managing risks in software development projects that use agile methods. The proposed tool provides a collection of risk management practices and an iterative lifecycle. To analyze the effectiveness of the proposed tool we conducted an experiment with the participation of experts in agile methods. Our tool increased the effectiveness of risk response planning without increasing the time invested in this process.

摘要

缺乏风险管理或其应用不充分是软件开发项目失败的原因之一。越来越流行的敏捷方法不提供特定的活动来管理风险。我们开发并评估了一种工具，用于管理使用敏捷方法的软件开发项目中的风险。提议的工具提供了一系列风险管理实践和迭代生命周期。为了分析所提出工具的有效性，我们在敏捷方法专家的参与下进行了一项实验。我们的工具提高了风险应对计划的有效性，而不会增加在此过程中投入的时间。