Current Trends in Software Project Management

DOI

10.2991/mshsd-17.2018.5How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Business, communication, risk analysis, software development.

Abstract

Complexity of software project management has been increasing rapidly in recent years. Project management strategies are evolving in order to address the complexity problems. A persistent struggle is to find an adequate balance between conflicting factors such as providing freedom and flexibility to software engineers in order to solve complex problems in a creative way while managing risks associated with freedom and flexibility. Risk based strategies for software project management appear to be promising. Potential risks are identified, analyzed, assessed and monitored. Appropriate steps are taken for managing imminent risks in a timely manner. This study suggests that communication risk plays a special role in software projects, because it interacts with other risks in startling ways. Interacting risks need to be studied at several levels with special attention to communication risk, because it could be considered as a super-risk. Current trends in software project management include analysis of all categories of risks such as technical risks, budget risks, scheduling risks, legal risks, ethical risks, operational risks, security risks, communication risks, project planning risks, and personnel risks that require timely intervention without restricting the creative power of executable software knowledge development.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pradip Peter Dey
AU  - Mohammad Amin
AU  - Bhaskar Raj Sinha
AU  - Shatha Jawad
AU  - Laith Al Any
AU  - Hassan Badkoobehi
PY  - 2017/12
DA  - 2017/12
TI  - Current Trends in Software Project Management
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 World Conference on Management Science and Human Social Development (MSHSD 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 22
EP  - 26
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mshsd-17.2018.5
DO  - 10.2991/mshsd-17.2018.5
ID  - Dey2017/12
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