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Abstract:
Despite the introduction and use of a wide variety of system development methods and tools, software projects are still plagued by time and cost overruns, and unmet user requirements. To avoid these problems, it is frequently recommended that the risk: associated with a software project be managed. A task that is critical to the proper management of software development risk is the assessment of the risks facing the project. Based on previous research, this paper proposes a definition and a measure of software development risk. Subsequently, data collected in a survey of 120 projects is used to assess the reliability and validity of the instrument.
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Henri Barki
Henri Barki is Associate Professor of Information Systems at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal. He received his Ph.D. in information systems from the School of Business Administration, University of Western Ontario. His research interests, including the study of user participation, user involvement, and conflicts, center on the management of software development projects. His papers have been published in MIS Quarterly, Information and Management, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, and INFOR.
Suzanne Rivard
Suzanne Rivard is a Professor of Information Systems at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal. She holds an M.B.A. from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and a Ph.D. in MIS from the University of Western Ontario. Her main research interests include the management of software development projects, end-user computing, and impacts of information technologies. She has published articles in a variety of journals, including Communications of the ACM, MIS Quarterly, Information and Management, Interfaces, and INFOR.
Jean Talbot
Jean Talbot is Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montréal. He received his doctorate in information systems from the Université Montpellier II in France. His current research interests are in the area of system development management.
