Information systems project development: Knowledge and domain requirements for the systems analyst

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Nord, G Daryl ^a   Nord, Jeretta Horn ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

COMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CBIS); SYSTEMS ANALYSTS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030702355     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579710161304     Document Type: Article

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