Essays about: "factors affecting risks"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words factors affecting risks.

  1. 21. Risk Management in Agile Projects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Douglas Erol Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Software Development Methodologies; Agile methods; Risk mitigation; Agile risk management; Factors and benefits of agile risk management; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The necessity of agile risk management has been a debated topic. While some claim that agile methods mitigate risks with their agile techniques and principles, others claim that it is not enough and an explicit risk management process is necessary. The findings of this study show that agile methods do mitigate risks extensively. READ MORE

  3. 22. Security risks of climate change : Climate change induced conflicts in western Kenya

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Caroline Sofie de Groot; [2018]
    Keywords : Security risks; climate change; Kenya; conflicts; resilience; water scarcity;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to examine links between climate change and conflicts. The report aims to produce relevant insights on the security risks posed by climate change in the rural pastoral area Sarambei in western Kenya. READ MORE

  4. 23. Energy poverty in the Dublin region : modelling geographies of risk

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Elin Haettner; [2017]
    Keywords : risk modelling; multicriteria analysis MCA; energy poverty; geography; geographical information systems GIS; Dublin; Ireland; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Energy poverty (EP) is, in the scholarly literature, defined as a household’s inability to obtain a socially and materially acceptable level of energy services in the home. This is a widespread issue affecting an estimated 50 to 125 million people in Europe. READ MORE

  5. 24. Stop consuming clothes, start using them! How can product-service systems be designed to be accepted as the norm?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emmi Kaisa Kaarna; Jessica Koennecke; [2017]
    Keywords : norms; green family consumption; circular economy; product-service systems; normalization process; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this research was to find the influencing factors, which might hinder or facilitate the normalization process of product-service systems in the clothing industry. Hereby, the researchers tried to understand the influence of established norms and their affect on the normalization process. READ MORE

  6. 25. Examining Levels of Automation in the Wood Processing Industry - A case study

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion

    Author : Christian Schneider; Oscar Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : Hierarchical task analysis; literature review; level of competence; level of information; value stream analysis;

    Abstract : Companies operating in the wood processing industry need to increase their productivity by implementing automation technologies in their production systems. An increasing global competition and rising raw material prizes challenge their competitiveness. READ MORE