Understanding enterprise integration project risks: A focus group study

Proceedings - International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 850-854

  Purao, Sandeep ^a   Paul, Sharoda ^a   Smith, Steven ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AccuWeather Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ENTERPRISE INTEGRATIONS; FAILURE RATES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION; PROJECT PARTICIPANTS; PROJECT RISKS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RISK MANAGERS; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 47849112328     PISSN: 15294188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEXA.2007.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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