Gerência de riscos: um processo simplificado para pequenas empresas de software

Abstract

Much has been made to prevent fails in software projects. This challenger issue has received substantial attention of projects managers nowadays. However the uncertainties are always present, becoming the risk management a very important area. The risk management has the main objective to prevent risks before the same ones occur. However, the methodologies presented for risks management are sufficiently complex, becoming difficult the adaptation for small software companies. This work presents a simplified risk management process, developed for small software companies. The main objective of the proposed process is to be easy and cheap to implement, but in the same time, extremely adherent to the reality of the small business reality. For such development, two small companies have been chosen in order to identify the main risks and problems which its process are faced nowadays. The proposed process is an adaptation of the general risk management approach to issue the main problems found in small software development companies, in order to make it more easy and agile.