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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 47 , Issue 11 (November 2004) table of contents
Bioinformatics

Pages: 73 - 77

Year of Publication: 2004

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Amrit Tiwana	Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Mark Keil	Georgia State University, Atlanta

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 42, Downloads (12 Months): 287, Citation Count: 12

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ABSTRACT

An analysis of risks in software development, using data from senior IT managers, produced surprising results. Our one-minute assessment tool applies those results to assessing the risks of specific projects.

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	Stephen Du , Mark Keil , Lars Mathiassen , Yide Shen , Amrit Tiwana, Attention-shaping tools, expertise, and perceived control in IT project risk assessment, Decision Support Systems, v.43 n.1, p.269-283, February, 2007
	Ashley A. Bush , Amrit Tiwana , Hiroshi Tsuji, An empirical investigation of the drivers of software outsourcing decisions in Japanese organizations, Information and Software Technology, v.50 n.6, p.499-510, May, 2008
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	Amrit Tiwana, Impact of classes of development coordination tools on software development performance: A multinational empirical study, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), v.17 n.2, p.1-47, April 2008
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	Charles Pak, The near real time statistical asset priority driven (nrtsapd) risk assessment methodology, Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGITE conference on Information technology education, October 16-18, 2008, Cincinnati, OH, USA
	Andrew Gemino , Blaize Reich , Chris Sauer, A Temporal Model of Information Technology Project Performance, Journal of Management Information Systems, v.24 n.3, p.9-44, Number 3 / Winter 2007-2008
	Merrill Warkentin , Robert S. Moore , Ernst Bekkering , Allen C. Johnston, Analysis of systems development project risks: an integrative framework, ACM SIGMIS Database, v.40 n.2, May 2009
	Bee Bee Chua , June M. Verner, IT Practitioner's Perspective on Australian Risk Management Practices and Tools for Software Development Projects: A Pilot Study, Proceeding of the 2005 conference on New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques: Proceedings of the fourth SoMeT_W05, p.111-125, May 10, 2005

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
K.8.3 Management/Maintenance

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
D.4.6 Security and Protection

H. Information Systems
H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
H.1.2 User/Machine Systems

REVIEW

"Andrea F Paramithiotti : Reviewer"

Tiwana and Keil present a risk assessment tool for information and communications technology (ICT) projects that they developed after finding that conventional tools took too much time, were highly complex, and often produced misleading results. I more...

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