Project Risk Management Research For Small And Medium-sized Software Companies

As one of the most critical contains in software project management, riskmanagement was getting more and more concerns by software developers and projectteams. It has been testified by practice that bringing risk management into effectsystematically was becoming an important measurement to guarantee delivering theprogram successfully during the software process. The present theories and experiencesare aimed at the great and complicated project of the big software enterprises. Due to thelimited of fund, people and other elements, the power of resisting risk of the smallsoftware enterprises is weak. So it is important to analyze the feature and problems of thesoftware risk management in small enterprises, and work out a proper way for thesoftware risk management for small enterprises.The study contents of this paper are as follow. Firstly studying and comparinggeneral theories about software risk management, including the system of Beohm, CRMmodel of SEI, Risky method; Secondly, instituting a concise method of software riskmanagement according to the characteristics of small-scale enterprises based on theclassical theories. This method includes risk identify, risk evaluate and risk control. Forthis method, the cost is cheap, processes are simple and the requirement to theexperiences and techniques of operators isn't strict; Thirdly, putting forward a method ofoptimizing software risk for the sake of max income, through setting up a model of riskcontrol, the method can automatically choose the schemes to control the risk in anacceptable bound and obtain the max income at the same time using programming; At last,a practical application of risk control shows that the method is effective.The research of this text provides the method of risk management for the smallenterprises, and this method is reasonable, practicable and functional. It can improve thedevelopment of enterprises and social economy in our country.