Managing risks in complex projects

Project Management Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 20-35

  Thamhain, Hans ^a  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Hightechnology companies; Leadership; Maturity; New product development; Performance; Project management; Project management practices; Risk management; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885129216     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21325     Document Type: Article

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