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Analysis of risk as opportunity in the management of software projects: a study of Brazilian companies

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  • Karollay Giuliani de Oliveira Valério
  • Carlos Eduardo Sanches da Silva
  • Sandra Miranda Neves

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Risk management is linked to the continuity of the company's business. The purpose of this article is to identify how risk-as-opportunities are used in software development companies. Risk strategies were identified in the literature as opportunities that were summarised in a questionnaire and later submitted through a survey of exploratory characteristics. It was analysed how the 92 Brazilian software development companies certified by CMMI-SEI approach risk strategies as opportunities in their projects. The results show that risk-as-opportunities approaches have a strong correlation between the variables: increased project efficiency and proactive action throughout the chain, associated with the sale and after-sales of the product and product differentiation. Among the opportunities-seeking approaches, open innovation and the use of the internet and technologies were evidenced. Finally, the hypothesis was accepted that the managers of the evaluated software companies do not use risk as opportunity strategies in the management of their projects.

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  • Karollay Giuliani de Oliveira Valério & Carlos Eduardo Sanches da Silva & Sandra Miranda Neves, 2022. "Analysis of risk as opportunity in the management of software projects: a study of Brazilian companies," International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(3), pages 328-350.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:328-350
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