Contribution of quality management tools and practices to project management performance

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 571-583

  Barad, Miryam ^a   Raz, Tzvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer software; Israel; Project management; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242328816     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710010298607     Document Type: Article

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