Software Risk Assessment and Estimation Model

Abstract

Just like any development projects, there is inherent risk in software development projects. Most of the software's fails due to over budget, delay in the delivery of the software's and so on. In this paper we have proposed a software risk assessment and estimation model (SRAEM). Using this model it is possible to predict the possible results of software projects with good accuracy. Proposed model not only assess the risk but it also estimate the risk. In this paper the risk is estimated using risk exposure and software metrics of risk management and this metric is based on mission critical requirements stability risk metrics (MCRSRM). This software metrics is used when there are changes in requirements such as addition, subtraction, or deletion. The proposed model gives the incremental risk for every phase and also the total cumulative risk as the software progress from phase to phase.