Management competences, not tools and techniques: A grounded examination of software project management at WM-data

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 605-624

  Rose, Jeremy ^a   Pedersen, Keld ^a   Hosbond, Jens Henrik ^a   Kræmmergaard, Pernille ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competence; Software engineering; Software project management

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

MEDIUM SIZED SOFTWARE; PLENARY MEETING; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247101878     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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