Software development projects: An investigation into the factors that affect software project success/ failure in Jordanian firms

1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 246-251

  Tarawneh, Moh'd M I ^a   Al Tarawneh, Haroon ^a   Elsheikh, Asim ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; NEW SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PLANNING; RESISTANCE CHANGES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENTS; SOFTWARE PROJECTS; USER INVOLVEMENTS;

PLANNING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57949083067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICADIWT.2008.4664353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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