Defining 'success' for software projects: An exploratory revelation

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-370

  Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Rathod, Urvashi ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE   (India)

^b ICFAI Business School   (India)

Author keywords

Managing projects; Software project success criteria; Success and strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PROJECT EVALUATION; PROJECT ORGANIZATION; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE PROJECTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 33646478288     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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