Enhancing DotProject to Support Risk Management Aligned with PMBOK in the Context of SMEs

2015 ◽  
pp. 710-729
Author(s):  
Rafael Queiroz Gonçalves ◽  
Elisa de Freitas Kühlkamp ◽  
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Initial Evaluation ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Many problems in software development projects are due to risks and could be avoided or minimized if identified and treated pro-actively. In this context, software tools to support risk management could be very helpful. However, it is difficult to find a project management tool, accessible to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that provides adequate support to risk management in conformance with best practices such as the PMBOK. Therefore, this paper has the objective to review support provided by popular project management tools with respect to risk management and to present enhancements made to the open-source tool – dotProject – in order to systematically support risk management aligned with the PMBOK. An initial evaluation identified benefits in the implementation of risk management processes in software SMEs, and, thus, contributing to their projects' success.

Enhancing DotProject to Support Risk Management Aligned with PMBOK in the Context of SMEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Queiroz Gonçalves ◽  
Elisa de Freitas Kühlkamp ◽  
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Many problems in software development projects are due to risks and could be avoided or minimized if identified and treated pro-actively. In this context, software tools to support risk management could be very helpful. However, it is difficult to find a project management tool, accessible to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that provides adequate support to risk management in conformance with best practices such as the PMBOK. Therefore, this paper has the objective to review support provided by popular project management tools with respect to risk management and to present enhancements made to the open-source tool – dotProject – in order to systematically support risk management aligned with the PMBOK. An initial evaluation identified benefits in the implementation of risk management processes in software SMEs, and, thus, contributing to their projects' success.

A Framework for Risk Management in AI System Development Projects

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Kitti Photikitti ◽  
Kitikorn Dowpiset ◽  
Jirapun Daengdej
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
System Development ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Very High

It has been well-known that the chance of successfully delivering a software project within an allocated time and budget is very low. Most of the researches in this area have concluded that “user's requirements” of the systems is one of the most difficult risks to deal with in this case. Interestingly, until today, regardless of amount of effort put into this area, the possibility of project failure is still very high. The issue with requirement can be significantly increased when developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system, where one would like the systems to autonomously behave. This is because we are not only dealing with user's requirements, but we must also be able to deal with “system's behavior” that, in many cases, do not even exist during software development. This chapter discusses a preliminary work on a framework for risk management for AI systems development projects. The goal of this framework is to help project management in minimizing risk that can lead AI software projects to fail due to the inability to finish the projects on time and within budget.

Risk Management and Assessment in Software Development Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
D.V. Saveliev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Risk Status ◽  
Threat Model ◽  
The World ◽  
Web Systems

The article defines the concept of threat model. Described a list of current security guidelines for the development and administration of web systems. Formed the list of cybersecurity threats, the consequences of their implementation are determined. Described the process of forming a model of cybersecurity threats of web systems. Defined the list of threats based on the recommendations and experience of authoritative organizations in the world and Ukraine. Defined the concepts of risk, risk index and risk status for the security of web systems. Defined the main principles of risk management in software development projects.

Factors influencing Midwestern grain farmers’ use of risk management tools

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-203
Author(s):  
Brian K. Coffey ◽  
Ted C. Schroeder
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multinomial Logit Regression ◽  
Decision Choices ◽  
Grain Farmers

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships between grain farm and farmer profiles and their respective choices to use forward pricing techniques and revenue protection crop insurance to manage risk.Design/methodology/approachAn e-mail survey of Midwestern grain farmers elicited farmer demographic information, farm profile, risk attitudes and farmer use of forward pricing and revenue protection insurance. Responses regarding use of risk management tools were compiled as choices to use possible bundles of tools to account for simultaneous nature of the decision. Choices to use bundles of tools were used as the independent variable categories in a multinomial logit regression. Regressors were relevant data collected from the survey.FindingsFarm size, using a market advisory service, and being a technology adopter are the most important factors in predicting risk management tool use by grain farmers. Farmers tend to use forward pricing and revenue protection insurance in combination. Large farms are more likely to use forward pricing tools.Practical implicationsResults provide researchers, extension professionals and risk management specialists with a current understanding of how farm and farmer characteristics relate to use of risk management tools. The authors also elaborate on findings to provide guidance for future risk management research.Originality/valueThe survey covered 9 Midwestern states and 648 grain farmers. The survey results update understanding of grain farmers’ risk management practices. The empirical approach treats risk management decisions to use available tools as simultaneous, which recent literature suggests is more appropriate than earlier approaches.

scholarly journals Managing Diversity and Capabilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Feriha Özdemir
Keyword(s):  
Process Design ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Managing Diversity ◽  
Medium Enterprises

As a powerful driver, small and medium enterprises (SME) has a huge contribution to the German economy. The shortage of skilled workers underlines an emerging and resilient German economy. However, the future prospects of SME depend on creative employees as key actors. Nevertheless, demographic change is perceptible so that the labour integration of resident immigrants becomes more important. But several studies investigated inequalities especially discrimination in the labour market intensifying brain drain. Social discrimination has great impact on the capabilities of people, particularly in labour. Disadvantages are exposed to a lack of opportunities with the result of a capability gap. Diversity management offers competitive advantages but is mostly a management tool of bigger enterprise performances. This paper will present a process of enabling and empowering management process of capabilities. It is presented by the example of the solution cycle which will be called a participatory process design contributing to the lack in the classic management of diversity.

scholarly journals Model for assessing the success of SMEs in the internacionali­zation process

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 245-252
Author(s):  
Lea Kubíčková ◽  
Aleš Peprný ◽  
Šárka Nováková
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Internationalization Process ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Key Success Factors ◽  
Simple Evaluation ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The paper deals with evaluating the success of small and medium-sized companies in in­ter­na­tio­na­li­za­tion process. The process of internationalization is defined in the literature in a many ways; there is a countless variety of different approaches and models of internationalization process of firms. Like all processes in the firm also the internationalization process is accompanied by risks. For risk management it is important to know what the key factors of success are in the international arena. In this article is presented a simple evaluation model that could be used by SMEs to determine not only how strong are they compared to competitors, but also at what level are their key success factors in the process of internationalization. The aim was to find a simple method to help small and medium enterprises to assess their situation in the field of internationalization and to help them identify their strengths and weaknesses in this area. Proposed simple evaluation model has the graphic output from which it can be seen in which areas the company is doing well in internationalization process and in what areas is doing badly – then there is room for further improvement. Creating the model it was essential to divide the various factors into several groups and further evaluation to determine the range by which SMEs can quantify the level of success in internationalization process. Before the model was constructed it was necessary to collect data among small and mid-sized firms, and to process the outputs of the survey. After confirmation or to rejection of the certain hypotheses key success factors of SMEs in the internationalization process were selected and these factors were then aggregated into 4 groups. The model was then applied to data obtained from a survey of 40 SMEs and in the paper there are presented specific examples of graphical output of the model for the best and worst rated company. Authors are aware that the model is simple and has its limits, there is the need of much more work and the authors foresee further modifications of this model.

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