@inproceedings{scholars4231,
            note = {cited By 3; Conference of 2014 International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences, ICCOINS 2014 ; Conference Date: 3 June 2014 Through 5 June 2014; Conference Code:112912},
           title = {Risk assessment factors for SME software development companies in Malaysia},
         journal = {2014 International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences, ICCOINS 2014 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2014 - Proceedings},
            year = {2014},
       publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
             doi = {10.1109/ICCOINS.2014.6868827},
          author = {Sharif, A. M. and Basri, S.},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938796793&doi=10.1109\%2fICCOINS.2014.6868827&partnerID=40&md5=7e30d65a881c7a47fc6501dadafcc03e},
            isbn = {9781479943913},
        keywords = {Enterprise software; Risk management; Risks; Software design; Software engineering, Application area; Malaysia; Research methodologies; Risk factors; Risk Identification; Small and medium enterprise; Software development projects; Virtual projects, Risk assessment},
        abstract = {There are large, medium, and small enterprises which develop software projects that can be influenced by a risk. Identifying risk is first step of perfectly assessing and controlling risks in a project. In the literature, a lot of researchers identified risk factors in software projects but none of these can be generalized as base of risk factors in the software projects as they differ in time, culture, and being studied in different application areas while using different research methodologies. Majority of the researchers focused on general software projects while few of them focused on specific application areas like virtual projects or e-commerce projects but no research focused identifying risk factors of software projects in terms of the firm size. In this paper, we are studying risk factors that Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in Malaysia perceive as risk in their software development projects. 202 respondents from 25 enterprises located in three states in Malaysia was surveyed and analyzed. Finally, the top risk factors for each risk dimension were presented along their relationship with project risks. {\^A}{\copyright} 2014 IEEE.}
}