Identifying the hard lessons from projects - Easily

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Williams, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influence diagrams; Project reviews

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANAGERS;

LEARNING LESSONS; SYSTEMIC EFFECTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1642446537     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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