Real-world opportunities for virtual - World project management

IT Professional

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 34-41

  Owens, Dawn ^a   Davis, Alanah ^a   Murphy, John D ^a   Khazanchi, Deepak ^a   Zigurs, Ilze ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Second Life; Virtual teams; Virtual worlds; Virtual world project management; VW

Indexed keywords

SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL TEAMS; VIRTUAL WORLDS; VIRTUAL-WORLD PROJECT MANAGEMENT; VW;

SOFTWARE AGENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63149191240     PISSN: 15209202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2009.35     Document Type: Article

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