A formal model for risk assessment in software projects
By: Juan C. Nogueira
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 161
Description: The current state of the art techniques of risk assessment rely on checklists and human expertise. This thesis introduces a formal method to assess the risk and the duration of software projects automatically. The method has been designed according the characteristics of evolutionary software processes such as productivity, requirement volatility and complexity. The formal model based on these three indicators estimates the duration and risk of evolutionary software processes. The approach introduces benefits in two fields: a) automation of risk assessment and, b) early estimation method for evolutionary software processes.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Jones, Carl R.; Brady, Terrance.

"September 2000."

Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-160).

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Uruguay Navy author.

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