Implementing information systems with project teams using ethnographic-action research

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-67

  Hartmann, Timo ^a   Fischer, Martin ^b   Haymaker, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Construction; Design; Engineering; Ethnography; Information management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PAPER;

ACTION RESEARCH; ACTION RESEARCHES; AEC PROJECTS; ARCHITECTURE , ENGINEERING , AND CONSTRUCTIONS; ETHNOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; ETHNOGRAPHY; ITERATIVE IMPROVEMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS; PROJECT TEAMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 57549117277     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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