Software Project Management

1. Risk Management

a) What risks can you identify? Why are they a risk to Ecoveta Publishing?

b) What kind of impacts does each of your identified risks have? Can you categorize these as low

impact, medium impact, or high impact?

c) How probable is each of your identified risks? You can think about something simple like categorizing

these as not very likely, likely, and highly likely to occur.

d) What would you advise Ecoveta Publishing are their three most critical risks? How might they plan to

avoid these risks?

e) What would you suggest that they do about these three risks? Are there specific actions to deal with

these risks? What might be appropriate contingency plans to carry out if these risks occur?

2. Team Management

a) What are some of the challenges facing the project team(s) at Ecoveta Publishing? Have you encountered any of these problems in teams that you have been part of? What other team problems have you experienced?

b) What might be some of the specific skills team members will need to be effective on an ebook project?

c) Why is it important that team members understand the goals and scope of an ebook project?

d) What are the advantages would there be for Ecoveta in developing a team charter?