Software Risk Management: The Right WayPresented by KiranKumar Marri, Group Test Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore, India Abstract:Can one imagine a software project without risks? In all probabilities, if a project manager who is working on software project declares that there are no risks in the project, it could be either that he/she has not understood the project management or a novice to project management. Though we associate the term “risk” to negative or unfavorable situations, it actually corresponds to both positive and negative conditions of the project. In short, risk is the potential event or situation which creates either a positive or negative impact on the project for the stakeholders. IT organizations are in business for revenues and profits for the stakeholders. Risk identification and proactive planning are critical to control the project risks. Negative risks can potentially impact the stakeholders, such as project team, service provider, customer or end-user. In addition, negative risks have a direct impact on the business objective, which are profitability and meeting stakeholder expectations. Early risk identification can minimize the loss or impact of the project to a very great extent. The project manger is therefore, responsible to identify and contain risk earlier in the life cycle of the project. This is followed by implementing corrective actions to either reduce the probability of its occurrence (negative risk) or enhance the probability of its occurrence (positive risk). The objective of this tutorial is to bring out the importance of software risk management and how to work proactively, in order to minimize its impact on the project. The tutorial outlines the different tools and techniques that are followed in matured organizations, specifically in software services organization. Presenter’s Profile:
KiranKumar PMP® is currently working as a Group Test Manager at Infosys Technology Limited, Bangalore (NASDAQ: Infy www.infosys.com ). He is associated with the testing practice - Independent Validation Solutions Unit, managing clients in Banking & Finance service domain. He has extensive software experience in the field of Life sciences, Biomedical applications, Banking & Finance domain, and Retail domain. He has about 12 years of experience in the IT industry covering project management, delivery and client relationship roles. He has published & presented several papers in conferences in the field of project management, software testing, clinical data management and biomedical engineering. Kiran has won the best paper award in the PML Conference in 2004. His current research interest and publications are primarily in Project Management and Quantitative Test Management. He received his Bachelors in Electronics & Communication engineering from Madras University in 1993 and a Masters by Research in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai in 1996. Kiran is also PMP certified. Kiran can be contacted at kirankmr@infosys.com |
KiranKumar Marri, Group Test Manager, Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore, India
