Planning effort as an effective risk management tool

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 755-767

  Zwikael, Ofer ^a   Sadeh, Arik ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Planning processes; Project management; Risk management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA ACQUISITION; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HIGH RISK PROJECTS; ORGANIZATION MATURITY MODELS; PLANNING PROCESSES; RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS; SCHEDULE OVERRUN;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249055671     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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