Success rate and resource consumption from project interdependencies

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-110

  Rungi, Mait ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Estonia; Finland; Project evaluation; Project management

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ESTONIA; FINLAND; KNOW-HOW; MANAGERIAL ACTIONS; PRE-EVALUATION; PROJECT EVALUATION; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; PROJECT SELECTION; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; SURVEYS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76049088624     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571011008425     Document Type: Article

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