Users as knowledge co-producers in the information system development project

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-36

  Hsu, Jack Shih Chieh ^a   Lin, Tung Ching ^a   Zheng, Guang Ting ^a   Hung, Yu Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge co production; Project performance; Requirement determination; User review; User IS relationship

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE CO PRODUCTIONS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; REQUIREMENT DETERMINATIONS; USER REVIEWS; USER-IS RELATIONSHIPS;

INFORMATION USE;

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT DESIGN;

EID: 84866325463     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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