Stakeholders and uncertainty management in projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 563-577

  Ward, Stephen ^a   Chapman, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Project management; Risk management; Stakeholder; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLARIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT;

GENERIC STRATEGIES; PROJECT LIFE CYCLE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PROJECT UNCERTAINTY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; STAKEHOLDER; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSES; STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HARNESS;

EID: 46049098782     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190801998708     Document Type: Article

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