Control in internal and outsourced software projects

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 9-44

  Tiwana, Amrit ^a   Keil, Mark ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted control; Control theory; Information systems development; Project controls; Realized control; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ATTEMPTED CONTROL; CONTROL MECHANISM; CONTROL SURVEYS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; INTERNAL PROJECT; OUTSOURCED PROJECTS; REALIZED CONTROL; REQUIREMENTS VOLATILITY; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

CONTROL THEORY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SURVEYS; SYSTEM THEORY;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77749324811     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222260301     Document Type: Article

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