Project risk: Systemicity, cause mapping and a scenario approach

Managing Risks in Projects

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 343-352

  Williams, T M ^a   Ackermann, F R ^a   Eden, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause mapping; Risk register; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054273381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203860595     Document Type: Chapter

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