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# Software Risk Management

- Type: risk management practice
- Group: Documentation, risks, and agreements
- Placement: Documentation, risks, and agreements
- [Source](<https://ieeecs-media.computer.org/media/education/swebok/swebok-v4.pdf>)

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Identify risks, assess likelihood and impact, choose mitigations, and revise estimates as evidence emerges.

## Relationships

- may use analysis from: [Threat Modeling](/practices/threat/en.md) (support)
- uses assessments from: [Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM)](/practices/atam/en.md) (support)
- helps select checks for: [Risk-based Testing](/practices/riskbased/en.md) (support)
- guides work within: [Spiral Development Model](/practices/spiral/en.md) (support)

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