Project management approaches for dynamic environments

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-364

  Collyer, Simon ^a   Warren, Clive M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Project management

Indexed keywords

CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMPLIANCE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 64049087064     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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