Scenarios for system development: Matching context and strategy

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 250-265

  Offenbeek, Marjolein A G Van ^a   Koopman, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; RISKS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINGENCY MODEL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; STRATEGY; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030181287     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492996120175     Document Type: Article

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