Reducing I.T. project management failures: A research proposal

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hidding, Gezinus J ^a   Nicholas, John ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCHES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPERT PANELS; MANAGEMENT FAILURES; PROJECT FAILURES; PROJECT SUCCESS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; RESEARCH PROPOSALS; ROOT CAUSE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63349090168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2009.364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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