Risk Migration in Agile Program Management: A Systematic Review of Current Mitigation Approaches
Rasik Borkar, Anant K. Agarwal, Ridhi Deora · International Journal of Computer Applications · 2025
This systematic review examines contemporary risk mitigation techniques practiced in Agile program management structures across various sectors.While Agile approaches allow for flexibility and iterative development, they have unique risk profiles that must be treated with tailored mitigation techniques at the program level.Drawing from a review of 15 studies between 2018 and 2025, this paper identifies salient risk categories, evaluates typical mitigation techniques, and distills best practices.The findings show a trend towards end-to-end risk management techniques that integrate traditional risk controls with Agile-specialized techniques.The most effective practices are continuous risk monitoring, cross-functional communication, open communication schemes, and adaptive governance schemes.This review also identifies outstanding gaps in current research and recommends avenues for future studies, particularly in scalability challenges, distributed team risk management, and quantitative metrics of risk mitigation performance in Agile program environments.