Risk analysis (Business)
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Risk analysis is a technique to identify and assess factors that may jeopardize the success of a project or achieving a goal. This technique also helps to define preventive measures to reduce the probability of these factors from occurring and identify countermeasures to successfully deal with these constraints when they develop to avert possible negative effects on the competitiveness of the company.
One of the more popular methods to perform a risk analysis in the computer field is called Facilitated Risk Analysis Process (FRAP).
Three of the most important risks a software company faces are unexpected changes in revenue and costs from those budgeted and amount of specialization of the software planned. Risks that affect revenues can be unanticipated competition, privacy, intellectual property right problems, and unit sales that are less than forecasted; unexpected development costs also create risk that can be in the form of more rework than anticipated, security holes, and privacy invasions. [1]
Narrow specialization of software with a large amount of research and development expenditures can lead both business and technological risks since specialization does not lead to lower unit costs of software.[2] Combined with the decrease in the potential customer base, specialization risk can be significant for a software firm. After probabilities of scenarios have been calculated with risk analysis, the process of risk management can be applied to help manage the risk.
Methods like Applied Information Economics add to and improve on risk analysis methods by introducing procedures to adjust subjective probabilities, compute the value of additional information and to use the results in part of a larger portfolio management problem.
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[edit] References
- Doug Hubbard. "Hurdling Risk", CIO Magazine.
- ^ Messerschmitt, D. G. and C. Szyperski (May/June 2004). "Marketplace Issues in Software Planning and Design". IEEE Software 21 (3): 62–70. doi:.
- ^ Rao, P.M., and J. A. Klein (February 1994). "Growing importance of marketing strategies for the software industry". Industrial marketing management 23 (1): 29–37. doi:.
[edit] External links
- Risk Analysis Overview and Tutorial - solver.com
- information Risk Analysis is GOOD!
- Decision Analysis in Health Care Online course from George Mason University providing lectures, information, and tools for risk analysis in health care settings.
