A delphi examination of public sector erp lifecycle implementation, management and support issues

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-48

  Chang, She I ^a   Gable, Guy G ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delphi Method; Enterprise Resource Planning; IS Management Issues; Qualitative Data Analysis; System Life Cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896507979     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: 21167052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/jds.10.29-48     Document Type: Article

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