Turning around runaway Information Technology projects

IEEE Engineering Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 97-112

  Iacovou, Charalambos L ^a   Dexter, Albert S ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

RECOVERY STRATEGY; RUNAWAY PROJECTS; TURNAROUND STRATEGY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 11244337440     PISSN: 03608581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/EMR.2004.25141     Document Type: Review

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