DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASURE TO ASSESS THE COMPLEXITY OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 79-88

  Lee, Gwanhoo ^a   Xia, Weidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

complexity; conceptual framework; Information system development projects; measurement development

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MANAGERS;

BUDGET CONSTRAINT; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; PROJECT MANAGERS; TIME CONSTRAINTS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 85138693067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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