An Evaluation Study of General Software Project Risk Based on Software Practitioners Experiences

Acritical process in a software project life-cycle is risk assessment and mitigation. Risks exist in every software project and recognizing and evaluatingrisks and uncertainties is a challenging process for practitioners with little historical data. In our study, by using a survey data, we identify and provide a relatively wider coverage of risks and ratings of software project. The risk register and evaluations are useful for practitioner of small organizations at initial phase of risk identification and assessment. There are 128 risks in this study which are analyzed. Furthermore, the study provides a top risk list according to this study alongside a highly cross correlatedrisks table. Additionally, previous studies have also provided top risks lists regarding the corresponding surveys. This study extends previous studies to provide a recent risk study. Outcomes are also compared to previous works in discussion.