An empirical study of critical success factors in IT projects

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-311

  Karlsen, Jan Terje ^a   Andersen, Jeanette ^b,d   Birkely, Live S ^b,d   Ødegård, Elise ^c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b Ernst and Young AS   (Norway)

^c Department of Medicine   (Norway)

^d Ernst and Young ^*

Author keywords

Critical success factors; IT projects; Project management; Project success; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645297363     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2006.009083     Document Type: Review

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