Project management offices in transition

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 766-778

  Aubry, Monique ^a   Müller, Ralf ^b   Hobbs, Brian ^a   Blomquist, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change pattern; Drivers of change; Grounded theory; PMO; Transformation process

Indexed keywords

CHANGE PATTERNS; DRIVERS OF CHANGE; GROUNDED THEORY; PMO; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

RESEARCH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956934518     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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