Managing risk symptom: A method to identify major risks of serious problem projects in SI environment using cyclic causal model

Project Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-60

  Ohtaka, Hiroshi ^a   Fukazawa, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a Information technology Promotion Agency Japan   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Causal model; Information technology; Managing risk; Problem project; Risk identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649529821     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20144     Document Type: Article

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