Scenario planning as a development and change intervention

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-59

  Chermack, Thomas J ^a   Walton, John S ^b  

^a London Metropolitan University ^*  (United States)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development and change; scenario planning; scenarios; scenarios and change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990376258     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2006.008858     Document Type: Article

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