5 Risks In Software Development
From the scope of fugitive technical barriers to underestimated and even cultural conflicts among team members, there are many risks to software development. But not all of these have to destroy the project.
First of all, in order to understand the link between risk and failure of the project, it is necessary to define the failure yourself.
For organizations that are only used to seeing “Black or White” in project results, this will require some changes in the project management culture.
Once you allow more diverse projects for success and failure, you will see that at least some of the risks become easier to manage.
These risks are often related to the quality of project results, such as the effectiveness of collaboration and the adoption of software.
Estimation and scheduling
The unique nature of individual software projects creates problems for developers and managers in estimating and scheduling development time. Always monitor existing projects so you can apply lessons in the future.
Employee turnover
When a developer leaves, he or she can carry key information with him/her. This can delay and sometimes even break the whole project. Make sure you have resources for team members to collaborate and share knowledge.
Breakdown of specification
In the early stages of integration and coding, requirements may conflict.
In addition, developers may find that even the specification is unclear or incomplete.
The sudden growth in requirements
As the project progresses, problems that have not been previously identified can be resolved at the last minute limit. Try to think at the beginning of the project and predict the most pessimistic or reuse cases.
- Technical risks
In some cases, software development companies reduce software functionality to compensate for over expenditures caused by overbudgeting and timetables.
There is always a conflict between achieving maximum functionality and maximum software performance.
To compensate for budget overruns and excessive programs, companies sometimes reduce the functionality of the software.
Summary
From the above, you can see that there are many risk categories for software projects.
Therefore, risk management becomes an integral part of software project management, and the most important thing is to fully understand the types of risks mentioned in order to address them through the use of appropriate risk management tools.
