Complexity as a cause of failure in information technology project management

2007 IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering, SOSE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Daniels, Charles B ^a   LaMarsh II, William J ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Irreducibility; Non ergodicity; Project management

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESEARCH; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STANDARDS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

FAILURE RATES; FUTURE RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; IT APPLICATIONS; IT PROJECTS; MODERN ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESS; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS OF SYSTEM (SOS);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47249088327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SYSOSE.2007.4304225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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