A model of critical success factors for software projects

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 537-558

  Sudhakar, Goparaju Purna ^a  

^a Aurora's Scientific Technological & Research Academy   (India)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Information systems; Managing software projects; Product factors; Project success; Team factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867829253     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391211272829     Document Type: Article

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