Grega Jaroslav

Abstract. In today's world full of uncertainty, it is necessary to count with many dangers in each area. Such area is the development of software and information systems. In this essay I would like to acquaint the reader with the issue of risk management. The introduction will describe basic terms of risk management. Then moving on to the actual problem which I will apply knowledge of risk management in the subject team project. After a brief introduction to explain why risk management is important and why it is important to deal with it. Since not everybody knows how to deal with managing risk, I decided to bring this essay as I see it based on their own experience.

Correct choice of communication methods for local and distributed team

Staňo Filip

Abstract. Communication is a base of every human coexistence and cooperation. In software development, correct choice of communication method is critical. This is the reason, why I will try to analyse and describe all common forms of communication used in software engineering. Main subject of this essay is local and distributed communication and their appeal on team performance. I claim that local communication is always an advantage. Subsequently I describe formality as a phenomenon in team cooperation and its appeal on motivation and oppositely on chaos in communication. Last but not least is analysis of synchronnous and asynchronnous communication method following with recommendation how to use them properly and in correct situation. In this essay I will describe all afore mentioned methods of communication in detail and also their final outcome on project results. Later I will identify usability of all this methods in certain situations as well as consequences of their incorrect use. In this essay I compare suitability of all methods based on number of people in team and also based on software development process phase we are currently in.