Application of risk management in educational software development projects : enhancing the Awareness of Risks and Risks’ Responses in Educational Software Development Projects
Doan, Linh (2015)
Doan, Linh
Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015060111735
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015060111735
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In real life, it is said that many industrial projects failed because of lacking Risk Management. Therefore, author realized how important to bring the knowledge of Risk Management to educational teams. With understanding of RM methodolody and how to put it into practice, students can be more aware of issues in their projects and it can stimulate students’ problem solving for their projects issues.
This present research consists of literature review and empirical segment. The litureture part provides brief information of interrelation between project and project risk management. Furthermore, Risk Management methodology will be introduced into steps. Additionally, the created light-weight Risk Management Toolkit is introduced for its structure and usage.
The study is conducted in qualitative way and it is an explorative research on Risk Management. The created light weight Risk Management Toolkit are utilized by two study cases. Teams’ risk plan and report documents are collected for the purpose of research’s analyzing. Furthermore, answers from teams’ interviews and clients’ interviews are gathered as research data analysis.
The results of data analysis provides that Risk Management Guideline, Reference Risk List and Risk Plan are effective tools for project teams. Project teams’ awareness of issues and its responses are increased. In addition, Risk Report is realized as useful tool for educational teams. However, with small scale project as educational projects, the usefulness of Risk Report is not used as its maximum.
This present research consists of literature review and empirical segment. The litureture part provides brief information of interrelation between project and project risk management. Furthermore, Risk Management methodology will be introduced into steps. Additionally, the created light-weight Risk Management Toolkit is introduced for its structure and usage.
The study is conducted in qualitative way and it is an explorative research on Risk Management. The created light weight Risk Management Toolkit are utilized by two study cases. Teams’ risk plan and report documents are collected for the purpose of research’s analyzing. Furthermore, answers from teams’ interviews and clients’ interviews are gathered as research data analysis.
The results of data analysis provides that Risk Management Guideline, Reference Risk List and Risk Plan are effective tools for project teams. Project teams’ awareness of issues and its responses are increased. In addition, Risk Report is realized as useful tool for educational teams. However, with small scale project as educational projects, the usefulness of Risk Report is not used as its maximum.