Course Code: 2_2_Software Risk Management
TOPIC AREA: Software Engineering
PRESENTER: Dr. Dennis J. Frailey

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is the second course in the Software Project Execution series, part of the Software Project Management Program. Risk management is an essential but often shortchanged task of project execution management. This course covers risk assessment, identification, analysis, prioritization, planning and mitigation. Top software risks and how to mitigate and manage them are reviewed. Risk control: monitoring and abatement methods are also covered, as are recommended metrics for managing risks. The course ends with a discussion of the risk management plan.

BENEFITS:

After taking this course, you will understand how to identify, mitigate, monitor and manage risks on a software development project, and will have a list of frequent software risks to use as a reference.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

The target audience includes current and prospective software development leads and managers. It will also be of interest to system engineers, software process specialists, managers of disciplines related to software engineering (such as software configuration management), and program managers whose programs have a significant software component.

PREREQUISITES:

The Software Project Planning series gives many examples of risk identification throughout the planning process. This course covers the rest of the risk management process, but the previous courses are recommended to better identify the sources of risk on a typical software project. Basic college level mathematics is also required.

SCHEDULE:

The series will be broadcast over a period of 6 weeks, one short course per week, in the Winter of 2000, with breaks at major holidays.

SPECIAL NOTE:

This course may be taken independently. However it will provide greater value when taken as part of the series on software project execution.

OUTLINE:

Session 1: Assessing Risk