Contextualized project management practice: A cluster analysis of practices and best practices

Project Management Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-34

  Besner, Claude ^a   Hobbs, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; context; empirical survey research; maturity; performance; project management practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872737270     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21291     Document Type: Article

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