IS project evaluation methodology - Science or art?

17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nagm, Fouad ^a   Cecez Kecmanovic, Dubravka ^a   Kennan, Mary Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; IS project proposal evaluation methodology; Pre investment IS project evaluation process; Socio technical approach

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; EVALUATION APPROACH; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; FINANCIAL SERVICE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PROJECT EVALUATION; SOCIO-TECHNICAL APPROACH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84870683709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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