Understanding the most critical skills for managing IT projects: A Delphi study of IT project managers

Information and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 398-414

  Keil, Mark ^a   Lee, Hyung Koo ^a   Deng, Tianjie ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphi method; IT project management; IT project manager; Project manager skills

Indexed keywords

DELPHI METHOD; DELPHI STUDY; GAIN INSIGHT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS; IT PROJECT; IT PROJECT MANAGEMENTS; PROJECT MANAGERS; SKILL REQUIREMENTS;

MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84880165300     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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