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Zarządzanie ryzykiem podczas realizacji projektów informatycznych
Risk Management in Information Technology Projects

Author(s): Grzegorz Dydkowski, Barbara Kos
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: IT project; risk; risk management

Summary/Abstract: Investment projects, especially in area of information technology, carry numerousrisks. Factors such as innovative nature of the projects, along with their complexity anduniqueness, are commonly reasons for significant cost increases that may lead to overexpenditure,noticeable increases in amount of time required for project completion, orfailure to fulfill the planned goals of the implemented information system. Therefore,correct risk management is crucial to success of information technology projects, withthe purpose of reducing probability of such factors influencing the projects and loweringpotential losses – and other negative factors – connected with their influence. Thepaper is focused on various types of risk that can occur during the project and rules thatgovern sharing them between the sides, i.e. both client and the provider.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 117
  • Page Range: 73-82
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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