Identifying Software Project Risks in the Canadian Financial Services Sector: An International Comparative Study

Are you taking on too much project risks? Stop wasting time on trivial issues and start directing your efforts at controlling risks that can derail your projects! Are you using a risk identification checklist to avert failures? How do you know that you are addressing the critical risks? This book highlights the dangers of depending on anecdotal, experiential, and outdated lists of risk factors to manage projects. Based on solid research, this book presents an international perspective on important risk factors in information technology projects. This book will help you avoid failures and increase the likelihood of success in your projects by - Creating a strong foundation in project risk management through proper risk identification, - Avoiding common misconceptions on the importance of various risk factors, - Incorporating cultural dimensions as they relate to risk propensity and avoidance, and - Providing a comprehensive list of risk factors from expert panelists across five countries.