IT projects: Evaluation, outcomes and impediments

Benchmarking

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-342

  Suwardy, Themin ^a   Ratnatunga, Janek ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^a   Speight, Geoffrey ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountants; Assessment; Australia; Benefits; Information technology strategy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0242269892     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770310484962     Document Type: Article

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