Estimating the impact of enterprise resource planning project management decisions on post-implementation maintenance costs: A case study using simulation modelling

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-421

  Fryling, Meg ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost estimation model; Enterprise systems; Erp; Project management; System dynamics; Total cost of ownership

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATION MODELS; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; ERP; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYSTEM THEORY;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 78049307075     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2010.519785     Document Type: Article

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