IT project management resources and capabilities: a Delphi study

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-229

  Hadaya, Pierre ^a   Cassivi, Luc ^a   Chalabi, Chahinaze ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Delphi; Information technology; IT project management; Organizations; Project management; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922064655     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371211214914     Document Type: Article

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