Boehm's Top Ten Risk Items: Type of Risks

  • Personnel shortfalls (managerial risk)
  • Unrealistic schedules and budgets (managerial risk)
  • Developing wrong software functions (technical risk)
  • Developing wrong interface (technical risk)
  • Unnecessary perfectionism (managerial risk)
  • Continuous requirements changes (managerial risk)
  • Shortfalls in outsourced tasks (technical/managerial risk)
  • Shortfalls in outsourced components (technical/managerial risk)
  • Realtime performance shortfalls (technical risk)
  • Straining computer science capabilities (technical risk)