Managing slowdown in improvement projects

IEEE Software

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 84-89

  Sandberg, Anna Börjesson ^a   Mathiassen, Lars ^b  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Commitment; Companies; Conferences; Delay; Effort; Organizations; Particle measurements; Process improvement; Progress; Training

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; COMMITMENT; COMPANIES; CONFERENCES; DELAY; EFFORT; ORGANIZATIONS; PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROGRESS; TRAINING;

EID: 57049099324     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2008.151     Document Type: Article

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