A Guide To Deal With Uncertainties In Software Project Management
This work provides a practical guide for software project managers to handle uncertainties, but it is incremental as it builds on existing reviews and practices.
The paper addresses the problem of uncertainties in software project management by conducting a systematic review and proposing a structured guide with best practices, techniques, and strategies for managing uncertainties.
Various project management approaches do not consider the impact that uncertainties have on the project. The identified threats by uncertainty in a projec day-to-day are real and immediate and the expectations in a project are often high. The project manager faces a dilemma: decisions must be made in the present about future situations which are inherently uncertain. The use of uncertainty management in project can be a determining factor for the project success. This paper presents a systematic review about uncertainties management in software projects and a guide is proposed based on the review. It aims to present the best practices to manage uncertainties in software projects in a structured way including techniques and strategies to uncertainties containment.