Assessing risk in ERP projects: Identify and prioritize the factors

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 681-688

  Huang, Shi Ming ^a   Chang, I Chu ^a   Li, Shing Han ^a   Lin, Ming Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Delphi method; Resource management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DELPHI METHOD; PROJECT RISKS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 9144256179     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570410561672     Document Type: Article

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