Evaluation of project interdependency visualizations through decision scenario experimentation

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 804-816

  Killen, Catherine P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data representation; Decision making; Experimentation; Project portfolio management; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INVESTMENTS; VISUALIZATION;

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DATA REPRESENTATIONS; EXPERIMENTATION; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAPPING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84878735971     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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