Practical management of programme risk: the case of the National Strategy for Police Information Systems for England and Wales

Information Management & Computer Security

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 24-33

  Frosdick, Steve ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information technology strategy; Project management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886350199     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09685229610153157     Document Type: Article

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