Scenario Oriented Project Management Knowledge Reuse within a Risk Analysis Process.
Márcio de Oliveira Barros, Cláudia Maria Lima Werner, Guilherme Horta Travassos · Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering · 2001
Complex software development is a risky job. The number of unsuccessful projects surpasses the number of successful developments, particularly when large projects are analyzed. Many studies relate this situation to nontechnical problems, especially to inadequate project management. Such studies point to communication problems, wrong allocation of team skills, insufficient training, and manager inability to predict and adjust project behavior. However, current project management techniques do not present many significant enhancements when compared to techniques used forty years ago. This paper focuses the construction and reuse of project management scenario models. Such models hold the knowledge about management theories, actions, procedures, and strategies that can be applied or imposed upon a project. They compose a very important reusable knowledge base, which is mainly useful for project managers. We present an application of such approach within the context of software risk management, highlighting the processes used to coordinate the identification, documentation, and scenario impact evaluation activities.