What we need: Project managers̀ evaluation of top management actions required for software development projects

17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Madanayake, Ochini ^a   Gregor, Shirley ^a   Hayes, Colleen ^a   Fraser, Steven ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Project manager; Project success; Software development projects; Top management support; Top manager

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT SUCCESS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84870663438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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