Lies, damned lies, and project plans: Recurring human errors that can ruin the project planning process

Business Horizons

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 643-653

  Pinto, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a Penn State Erie   (United States)

Author keywords

New product development; Planning errors; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882733550     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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