Risks characteristic to Agile project management methodologies and responses to them

Wojciech Walczak () and Dorota Kuchta

Operations Research and Decisions, 2013, vol. 23, issue 4, 75-95

Abstract: Agile methods for project management are often treated as methods for mitigating risk. However, there is disagreement as to whether explicit methods of risk management should be used in projects which are executed according to Agile methodology or is the implicit risk management built into Agile methodologies sufficient. To contribute to the discussion, an attempt has been made to identify risks that are either caused by the introduction of an Agile methodology to a project or become more significant when such methodology is in use. If such risks exist, this would be evidence that explicit risk management is required, even in the case of Agile methodologies. The results of this research may be useful for any organization that is in the process of selecting a methodology for project management and is considering Agile methodologies.

Keywords: risk; risk management; Agile software development; Agile project management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.5277/ord130406

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