Development of a method to improve the definition and alignment of intangible project outcomes and tangible project outputs

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-287

  Nogeste, Kersti ^a   Walker, Derek H T ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Change management; Performance measurement (quality); Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350045338     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810866377     Document Type: Article

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