User and developer common knowledge: Effect on the success of information system development projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 657-664

  Tesch, Debbie ^a   Sobol, Marion G ^b   Klein, Gary ^c   Jiang, James J ^d  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Domain knowledge; Knowledge redundancy; Project management; System development

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DOMAINS; COLLABORATION; COMMON KNOWLEDGE; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; IS DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE REDUNDANCY; PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT SUCCESS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 68549121138     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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