This tutorial covers AKA area #5 of the International Software Process Improvement Certification (ISPIC) requirements.

Risk and uncertainties are everywhere. Regardless of the process-- forecasting the weather, project management, financial analysis- all of these have uncertainties which require probabilistic methods of analysis. Identifying and managing these uncertainties includes the steps of risk identification, analysis and mitigation. Many of the failures in the software industry occur because project, process and product risks turn into problems due to lack of effective analysis and consistent risk management. Effective software risk management requires proper analysis of risks and uncertainties during project planning and reassessment during the course of the project.

This course explores the risk analysis topic, issues with risk analysis for software projects as provides practical overview of key methodologies for effective risk assessments.

In this course you will learn how to:

• Identify and quantify risk criteria for risk analysis in your projects
• Perform risk assessment utilizing a variety of approaches

• Risk Analysis
  • Why risk analysis
  • Risk analysis issues
  • Uncertainty and decision making
• Getting Risk Analysis Right
  • Establishing relevant risk criteria, qualifying questions
  • Establishing key factors for assessment
• Risk Assessment Methodologies
  • Approaches
    • Quantitative approaches
    • Qualitative approaches
  • Tools

Clyneice Chaney brings over 20 years of testing, quality assurance and process improvement experience. Clyneice holds certifications from American Society for Quality as a Certified Quality Manager, Quality Assurance Institute's Certified Quality Analyst, and Project Management Institute's Professional Project Manager. She has participated as an examiner for state quality awards for Georgia and Virginia.

Focusing on process improvement and procedure development in the software testing and quality assurance areas, Clyneice has successfully lead process improvement, methodology development, and reengineering projects for organizations wishing to improve their software development, testing processes, and tool implementation.

Clyneice is currently an instructor for the IISP & IIST and has presented technical papers at the Software Engineering Institute: SEPG Conference, American Society for Quality: Quality Manager's conference, Quality Assurance Institute International Testing conference and STAR East Testing and the Quality Assurance Institute conference.