The relation of requirements uncertainty and stakeholder perception gaps to project management performance

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 801-808

  Jiang, James J ^a,c   Klein, Gary ^b   Wu, Shelly P J ^c   Liang, T P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information system development; Project management; Requirements uncertainty; Residual performance risk; Stakeholder perception gap

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; REQUIREMENTS UNCERTAINTY; RESIDUAL PERFORMANCE RISK; STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTION GAP;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 62849098982     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.11.833     Document Type: Article

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