Managing the tension in is projects: Balancing alignment, engagement, perspective and imagination

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 4027-4036

  Gallagher, Kevin ^a   Mason, Robert M ^a   Vandenbosch, Betty ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

LEARNING THEORY; NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 12344331309     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/hicss.2004.1265610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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