Chapter 6. Know Your Enemy: Introduction to Risk Management[8]

In this chapter:

What Is Risk?

Why Manage Risks Formally?

Typical Software Risks

Risk Management Components

Documenting Risks

Risk Tracking

Risk Management Can Be Your Friend

Learning from the Past

Practice Activities

Note

Know Your Enemy: Introduction to Risk ManagementThis chapter was originally published in Software Development, 1998, 6(10): 38–42. It is reprinted here, with modifications, with permission of CMP Media Inc.

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