Governance-knowledge fit in systems development projects

Information Systems Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-197

  Tiwana, Amrit ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision rights; Governance knowledge fit; Middle range theory; Project governance; Project management; Systems development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DECISION RIGHT; GOVERNANCE-KNOWLEDGE FIT; MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY; PROJECT GOVERNANCE; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 67649498359     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1070.0164     Document Type: Article

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