Risk Management: 51 (Practitioners) - Hardcover

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Karl Karolak is currently a Design Engineering Manager at TRW Automotive Electronics Group. He received the BS degree in computer science from Central Michigan University, the PhD degree in software engineering from Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the MBA degree from the University of Phoenix. His research interests include software engineering management, software process development, software architectures, and software verification/validation.
Karolak is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM. He has published papers for IEEE, ACM, SERF, and NSIA and has a patent pending on a Software Architecture for a Communications (Network) Management System.

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This book explores software and risk management both from a technology and a business perspective. Dale Karolak approaches software development from a just-in-time viewpoint and presents strategies that you can use to implement and plan software projects in a cost-effective and timely manner. This book discusses vital issues and, in particular, their costs, schedules, technical performance, and risk-based approaches for software development. It is especially designed to assist those who manage software development projects.

The book provides

• A significant discussion of software risk issues pertaining to technical performance, costs, and schedules
• Metrics and several models for measuring and predicting risk
• Information supported by actual proven case studies derived from the author's experience
• Many different concepts, strategies, and tools that can make the management of your next software development project less of a guess and more predictable