Mechanisms of deviations: observations of projects in practice

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 611-625

  Hällgren, Markus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Project management; Project planning; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052172313     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910991188     Document Type: Article

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