Developing a basis for global reciprocity: Negotiating between the many standards for project management

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-84

  Crawford, Lynn ^a,b   Pollack, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Certification; Licensure; Professional standards; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649084424     PISSN: 15393062     EISSN: 15393054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2008010104     Document Type: Article

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