Abstract
One of the proposed purposes for software process simulation is the management of software development risks, usually discussed within the category of project planning/management. However, modeling and simulation primarily for the purpose of software development risk management has been quite limited. This paper describes an approach to modeling risk factors and simulating their effects as a means of supporting certain software development risk management activities. The effects of six common and significant software development risk factors were studied. A base model was then produced for stochastically simulating the effects of the selected factors. This simulator is a tool designed specifically for the risk management activities of assessment, mitigation, contingency planning, and intervention.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 247-257 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Systems and Software |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 20 2001 |
Keywords
- Risk factors
- Software development risk
- Software process simulation
- Software risk management
- Stochastic simulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Information Systems
- Hardware and Architecture