Enhancing DotProject to Support Risk Management Aligned with PMBOK in the Context of SMEs

Rafael Queiroz Gonçalves, Elisa de Freitas Kühlkamp and Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim
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Rafael Queiroz Gonçalves: Department of Informatics and Statistics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Elisa de Freitas Kühlkamp: Department of Informatics and Statistics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim: Department of Informatics and Statistics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), 2015, vol. 6, issue 2, 40-60

Abstract: Many problems in software development projects are due to risks and could be avoided or minimized if identified and treated pro-actively. In this context, software tools to support risk management could be very helpful. However, it is difficult to find a project management tool, accessible to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that provides adequate support to risk management in conformance with best practices such as the PMBOK. Therefore, this paper has the objective to review support provided by popular project management tools with respect to risk management and to present enhancements made to the open-source tool – dotProject – in order to systematically support risk management aligned with the PMBOK. An initial evaluation identified benefits in the implementation of risk management processes in software SMEs, and, thus, contributing to their projects' success.

Date: 2015
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