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This paper explores the implicit nature of risk management in agile processes. It discusses why current techniques for managing risks in agile processes are not sufficient and how the processes can benefit from more explicit techniques. This is supported by the authors’ experience with an industry project that was managed using Scrum. Initially, risks in the project were managed implicitly as is typical with agile processes, but more explicit techniques were adopted as the project progressed. The paper will discuss these techniques, mechanisms for incorporating them into agile processes, and lessons learned.
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Nelson, C.R., Taran, G., de Lascurain Hinojosa, L. (2008). Explicit Risk Management in Agile Processes. In: Abrahamsson, P., Baskerville, R., Conboy, K., Fitzgerald, B., Morgan, L., Wang, X. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2008. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68255-4_20
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