Analysis on Risk Management of Software Outsourcing Project

Abstract

Nowadays many companies outsource the whole or part of software projects to other companies to reduce the cost of software projects and focus on the development of core competitive businesses. Due to the rapid update and iteration speed of information technology, the complexity of software projects is also increasing, and the risk factors in software outsourcing projects are also increasing. The existence of these risks can prolong the project cycle, or directly lead to project failure. At present, many software outsourcing companies do not pay much attention to project risk management, and cannot effectively identify, supervise and deal with risks, resulting in out of control or even failure of software outsourcing projects. This paper will summarize the list of risk factors by studying the characteristics and status quo of today's outsourcing projects, and analyzing the possible analysis of each stage of software outsourcing projects. Use brainstorming, expert assessment, and qualitative analysis to evaluate and identify risk factors. Finally, from a practical point of view, this paper will put forward some suggestions for the future software outsourcing project risk management. I hope to achieve two purposes through the research of this paper. One is to contribute some research experience to the risk management of software outsourcing projects and guide the actual work of enterprises. Second, we should advocate innovative thinking and encourage more and better ideas to emerge.