A qualitative re-construction of project measurement criteria

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-417

  Ojiako, Udechukwu ^a   Johansen, Eric ^a   Greenwood, David ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement; Project management

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PROJECT BASED INDUSTRIES; QUALITATIVE RECONSTRUCTION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 40749124423     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810858796     Document Type: Article

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