Managing risks in IT projects: An options perspective

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-74

  Kumar, Ram L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Project management; Real options; Risk management

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

REAL OPTIONS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036778723     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(01)00133-1     Document Type: Article

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