The following list comes Results of Survey on Potential Effects of Major Software Development Risk Factors
by Dan Houston, Ph.D. candidate, Arizona State University, published here: http://www.eas.asu.edu/~sdm/dhouston/risksrvy.htm

List of software development risk factors

Unavailability of key staff

Reliance on a few key personnel

Instability and lack of continuity in project staffing

Lack of staff commitment, low morale

Low productivity

Lack of client support

Lack of user support

Lack of contact person’s competence

Inaccurate metrics

Lack of organizational maturity

Lack of quantitative historical data

Inaccurate cost estimating

Excessive schedule pressure

Inadequate configuration control

Excessive reliance on a single development improvement

Excessive paperwork

Unreliable subproject delivery

Creeping user requirements

Unnecessary features

Large and complex project

Immature technology

Complex application

Large number of complex external interfaces

Incapable project management

Project manager unavailable

Lack of experience with project’s platform/environment/methods

Lack of experience with the software product type

Lack of experience in the user environment/operations

Lack of senior management commitment

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See also Steve McConnell's 36 classic mistakes at http://www.stevemcconnell.com/rdenum.htm

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