Managing quality in projects: An empirical study

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 178-187

  Basu, Ron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Design quality; Organisation quality; Process quality; Project excellence; Project quality; Project success criteria; Project success factors

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN QUALITY; PROCESS QUALITY; PROJECT EXCELLENCE; PROJECT QUALITY; PROJECT SUCCESS CRITERIA; PROJECT SUCCESS FACTORS;

IRON RESEARCH;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84887214178     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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