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The authors take a risk classification framework from Keil et al. (1998) and analyze which categories of risk are most important for product and process outcomes. The big conclusion is that managing risks tied to “scope and requirements” and “execution” are most important overall, affecting both classes of outcomes. This happens to be where I think identity research will have the biggest implications for project teams. Read More …

Citation Schmidt, R., Lyytinen, K., Keil, M., & Cule, P. (2001). Identifying Software Project Risks: An International Delphi Study. Journal of Management Information Systems, 17(4), 5–36. Notes Keil et al. (1998) and Schmidt et al. (2001) involve the same group Read More …

In the course of their work, the authors describe six dimensions of risk in IT projects. Three of these have factors that pertain to my work on identity in the development process. Read More …

The authors break down several categories of IT risk, including a set of factors that relate to my current studies: Human behavior, technology and technical issues, management activities and controls, and individual activities all have sub-categories that pertain in some way. Read More …

This is older, but I’ve seen Jones referenced for software risk. The book tries to be a comprehensive look at risk in MIS software development (for the period). Specific to feature creep, Chapter 9 is a description of Creeping User Requirements. Read More …