. further to establish systematic models of risk manage-ment ([7], [ 13] , [33 ], [37 ]). They all conclude that riskmanagement efforts reduce the exposure to software riskand can thereby increase software. Talbot, ªToward an Assessment of Software Development Risk,º J. Management Information Systems,vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 2 03- 225, Fall 19 93. [3] V.R. Basili and J.D. Musa, ªThe Future Engineering of Software: . im-provements in the overall software process). They are,however, crucial issues to pay attention to and to takeactions to reduce risks related to them.Our findings need to be interpreted with caution....