The Application of Risk Matrix to Software Project Risk Management

Risk management and performance enhancement have always been the focus of software project management studies. This paper give basic concepts of risk management, analyzed the four stage of risk management in acquisition process. overview the three steps method of risk matrix, summarize the 14 categories and 82 factors of software project risks, then the paper, beginning with the use the risk matrix to evaluate the software project risks level by two rules of risk impact and risk probability, give the software project risk handle options through the risk levels.