Software Engineering Risk Management

The Software Engineering Risk Management (SERIM) application is designed to help you find a safer path through the software development jungle. By using the SERIM model to take periodic "readings" on the status of your software development projects, you can focus quickly on high-priority risk areas. Once you have determined area of risk, the SERIM application will help you develop proactive plans for improvement before these risks sabotage your projects. You can even use this application in the Pre-Requirements phase to develop risk projections that will help you plan your projects more realistically.
Dr. Karolak has used the mathematics of probability to design the formulas that will enable you to: Assess your projects' risks by entering numeric ratings for a series of metric questions within the ten major software development risk factors. Analyze your projects' risk scores from any or all of five different analytical perspectives. "Drill down" within each analytical perspective to design action plans to improve your probability of success with any high-priority metric question.

Dr. Dale Walter Karolak is currently an Engineering Director at TRW Automotive Electronics. His previous positions include Software and System Engineering Manager at ITT Aerospace/Communications, and Software Engineer at GTE Communications Systems R&D Labs. He received his Ph.D. in Software Engineering from The Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, his M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix, and his B.S. in Computer Science from Central Michigan University.
Dr. Karolak is the author of the IEEE's best selling book, Software Engineering Risk Management. He has presented and published over 10 papers in the areas of Software Management, metrics, reliability, quality, testing, and architecture at IEEE, ACM, NSIA, Association of Management, Applied Software Measurement, International Software Engineering Research Forum, and Medical Device conferences and journals. He also holds a patent on "Communication Management System Architecture," and has three other software architecture and communication patents pending. He is a member of the IEEE, ACM and SAE societies.