Project risk differences between virtual and co-located teams

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-30

  Reed, April H ^a   Knight, Linda V ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT project management; Risk management; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATIONS; FACE-TO-FACE TEAMS; IT PROJECT MANAGEMENTS; PROJECT ENVIRONMENT; PROJECT EXPERIENCES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; VIRTUAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL TEAM;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 78649824894     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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