Significance of Healthy Organizational Culture for Superior Risk Management During Software Development

This paper proposes a support framework which widens the area of software risk management by exploring numerous cultural factors, which may lead to variety of insignificant risks during different stages of software development and subsequently turn into major causes of software failures. In brief, this study proposes step-by-step guidelines to deal with the basic problem area that is insufficiently addressed in today's “state of art” era: The unhealthy work culture effecting risk management during software development. This paper is an outcome of research conducted on “The Effects of Organizational Culture on Risk Management during Software Development” for which several research methodologies have been adopted in order to explore the area of study. The research analysis shows that the relationship between work culture and risk management was consistent across a number of measures adopted by various organizations, which clearly results in either a successful or a failed software project. Hence, based on the findings of the study, this paper identifies various cultural aids in the form of suggested guidelines for effective risk management, and illustrates the emergence of healthier risk management culture during software development in an organization.