Fundamental uncertainties in projects and the scope of project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 687-698

  Atkinson, Roger ^a   Crawford, Lynn ^b,c   Ward, Stephen ^d  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hard and soft projects; Organisational capabilities; Trust; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LIFE CYCLE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751094291     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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