Risk Management for Collaborative Software Development
Mojgan Mohtashami, Thomas J. Marlowe, Vassilka D. Kirova, Fadi P. Deek · Information Systems Management · 2006
Collaborative software development involving multiple organizational units, often spanning national, language, and cultural boundaries, raises new challenges and risks that can derail software development projects even when traditional risk factors are being controlled. This article presents a framework that can be used to manage collaborative software development projects, based on an extended set of risk management principles. Three risk factors – trust, culture, and collaborative communication – are discussed in depth.