De-escalating information technology projects: Lessons from the Denver International Airport

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-443

  Montealegre, Ramiro ^a   Keil, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

De escalation; Escalation; Field study; Information systems (IS) project management; IS project failure; Systems implementation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DE-ESCALATION; ESCALATION; FIELD STUDY; INFORMATION SSSYSTEM (IS) PROJECT FAILURE; INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0012135877     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3250968     Document Type: Article

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