Analysing knowledge flows as a prerequisite to improve systems development practice

Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, ECIS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hansen, Bo Hansen ^a   Kautz, Karlheinz ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knowledge Flows; Knowledge Management; Mapping Techniques; Software Process Improvement; Systems Development Practice

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; IMPROVING SYSTEMS; KEY PARAMETERS; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84871019724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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