Software Risk Management

Overview

Watts Humphrey in “Managing the Software Process” states - “The most frustrating software problems are often caused by poor configuration management. The problems are frustrating because they take time to fix, they often happen at the worst time, and they are totally unnecessary. For example, a difficult bug that was fixed at great expense suddenly reappears; a developed and tested feature is mysteriously missing; or a fully tested program suddenly doesn’t work.” Effective Software Configuration Management helps to reduce these problems by identifying items, which need to be controlled for changes, systematically controlling changes, and maintaining traceability of changes throughout the Software Development Life Cycle. By applying SCM techniques software development teams can coordinate their efforts and integrate change effectively during development and throughout the operational life of their software.

Workshop Benefits
This course provides a conceptual and practical understanding of the methods and tools for Identifying, Analyzing and Managing Software Risks. The course is developed using tried and tested approaches to software risk management. It draws upon QAI’s real life experience and the knowledge of various thought-leaders like Barry Boehm, Capers Jones, Robert Charette and Dale Walter Karolak. The course is greatly influenced by Software Engineering Institute’s pioneering efforts in the area of Continuous Risk Management.

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Course Outline

What is Risk and Software Risk Management?
Motivation for Software Risk Management
Reasons we don’t do Software Risk Management SM
SEI’s Risk Management Paradigm
Identifying and recording software risks
Risk Taxonomy
Tools and methods for identifying and recording risks
Analyzing and classifying risks
Tools and methods for analyzing and classifying risks
Risk Management Plans
Tracking and controlling risks
Risk Metrics
Effective Communications: An enabler to risk management
Introducing Software Risk Management in your project
Introducing Software Risk Management in your organization
Risk Management and the SDLC
Risk Management in the CMM ®
Other useful tools for successful risk management
Conclusions and wrap-up


Who Should Attend

The course is ideal for professionals directly involved with software projects, such as, project managers, team leaders and software engineers. Software Engineering Process Group (SEPGSM) members, Software Quality Assurance (SQA) team members and Testing team members can also benefit from attending this course.

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Public Seminar Pricing ~ 1-day


General Seminar Information
$495 per attendee
(QAI Members receive a 10% Discount)		 Start Time (first day) ~ 9:00 am
End Time (last day) ~ 4:30 pm
The price includes the course material, lunch & breaks each day, and a certificate of completion. Hotel and travel arrangements are the responsibility of the attendee.



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