Change decisions in product development projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 702-713

  Steffens, Wolfgang ^a   Martinsuo, Miia ^b   Artto, Karlos ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change; Change management; Decision making; Decisions; Product development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC CHANGE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS; MULTIPLE PARALLEL CHANGE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

BUSINESS; DECISION MAKING; HOLISTIC APPROACH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548588312     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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