Public sector information system critical success factors

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-70

  Rosacker, Kirsten M ^a   Olson, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Critical success factors; Project management; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992963228     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160810862955     Document Type: Article

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