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Informal Definition of Risk

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In the context of the spiral model, what is risk informally defined as?

The probability that the project will exceed its budget

The number of unresolved requirements at any point in the process

A formal quantitative measure of project uncertainty

Something that can go wrong

Correct Answer

Something that can go wrong

Explanation

Informally, risk simply means something that can go wrong. For example, if a new programming language is to be used, a risk is that the available compilers are unreliable or do not produce sufficiently efficient object code.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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