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Risk is an uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on project objectives. Risk management includes the processes of planning, identification, analysis, resource planning, and controlling risk in a project. This chapter focuses on recent insights and approaches within risk management. A positive counterpart to risk management has emerged, called opportunity management. The duality between the two concepts is explained, and the fundamentals of risk–opportunity management are discussed. Furthermore, risk and opportunity management methods, processes, and tools are presented.
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Boehm, B. (2014). Software Project Risk and Opportunity Management. In: Ruhe, G., Wohlin, C. (eds) Software Project Management in a Changing World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55035-5_5
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