The table below shows the practice results for Turner’ expert survey based on his dissertation’s 25 top practices (based on perceived effectiveness), and measured as a function of his Risk Impact Value (RIVa) scores.
For more details and background, please review/download the Turner dissertation, or select the “Response Profiles for Practice Risk” and “Response Profiles for Practice Effectiveness” links which summarize how the results below were compiled and the basis for scoring.
Composite Risk Profile
Abbrev. |
Problem (Risk) Category |
Risk |
Number of |
Number of |
SE |
Systems Engineering Factors |
H |
11 |
6 |
PR |
Acquisition Process |
H |
9 |
6 |
RQ |
Requirements Quality/Stability |
H |
7 |
6 |
ES |
Estimation Quality |
M |
9 |
5 |
PE |
Policy/External Factors |
M |
5 |
5 |
ST |
Staffing Inadequacies |
M |
5 |
5 |
WE |
Working Environment |
M |
5 |
5 |
MN |
Project Monitoring |
M |
8 |
4 |
QA |
Product Quality/Stability |
L |
10 |
3 |
CN |
Contracting Issues |
L |
3 |
3 |