How software project risk affects project performance: An investigation of the dimensions of risk and an exploratory model

Decision Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-321

  Wallace, Linda ^a   Keil, Mark ^b   Rai, Arun ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sociotechnical Systems Theory; Software Project Risk; Structural Equation Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645209293     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.00117315.2004.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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