Deviations and the breakdown of project management principles

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-69

  Hällgren, Markus ^a   Maaninen Olsson, Eva ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control systems; Materials handling; Project management; Project systems; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049456690     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910930518     Document Type: Article

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