And then came Complex Project Management (revised)

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-310

  Whitty, Stephen Jonathan ^a   Maylor, Harvey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competency standards; Complex Project Management; Major projects

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; STANDARDIZATION;

COMPETENCY STANDARDS; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; COMPLEX PROJECT MANAGEMENT; COMPLEX PROJECTS; CRITICAL EVALUATIONS; MAJOR PROJECTS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 61349091786     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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