How effective are project management methodologies? An explorative evaluation of their benefits in practice

Project Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 43-58

  Wells, Hany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IT IS projects; project management methodology; project success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871459362     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21302     Document Type: Article

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