Technology complexity in projects: Does classical project management work?

Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 2181-2186

  Camci, Alper ^a   Kotnour, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

MANAGEMENT STYLE; NUCLEAR MISSILES; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS; TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50649098064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2006.296806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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