The risk of changing demand. Requirements change is a common occurrence in software projects. A seemingly rich software project often makes the project contractor miserable and even lose money because of unlimited demand changes. The way to prevent this risk is to agree with the user in writing on the demand change control process at the beginning of the project construction, and put on record the user's demand change application.
Planning risk. Some projects require high progress, but for projects with low progress requirements, risks should also be considered. The delay in project progress means default or missed market opportunities. The way to prevent this risk is to deliver products in stages, increase the frequency and intensity of project monitoring, and use more feasible methods to ensure the quality of work and avoid rework.
Quality risk. Some projects and users have high requirements for software quality. If the project team members have insufficient experience in the development of the same type of projects, they need to pay close attention to the quality risks of the projects. Generally, it is necessary to communicate with users frequently, adopt a development process that meets the requirements, carefully organize the inspection and review of the output, and plan and organize strict independent testing.
Technical risk. In the process of software project development and construction, technical factor is a very important factor. The project team must choose suitable and mature technologies according to the actual needs of the project, and must never ignore the actual situation of the project and choose some advanced technologies that are not needed by the project and are unfamiliar to them. If the technical project members needed for the project do not have or master enough, we should focus on this risk factor.
When dealing with the risks of IT projects, we can solve them with the help of an information-based project management system, such as 8ManagePPM, which can track the risks of the whole project, automatically detect all kinds of systemic risks and their impacts, including the risks of project plan, cost, resources and quality, and automatically infer the final impact according to the existing impacts, so as to automatically monitor the risks of overtime and cost overrun, improper use of resources and resource shortage, and provide integrated risk registration forms and early warning tips, so that project personnel can know fairly well. At the same time, 8Manage supports recording user-defined risks and tracking risks throughout. The system will automatically classify and evaluate each risk according to the probability of risk occurrence and the influence degree of risk before and after taking action, so that project personnel can quickly and effectively determine effective solutions to avoid risks and escort the successful research and development of IT projects.