From Critical Success Factors to Critical Success Processes

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3433-3449

  Zwikael, Ofer ^a   Globerson, Shlomo ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Critical Success Processes; Project management; Project planning; Project success

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CRITICAL SUCCESS PROCESSES; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PLANNING; PROJECT SUCCESS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745124711     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500536921     Document Type: Article

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