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Combining Project Management Methods: A Case Study of Dlstributed Work Practices

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The increasing complexity of information systems development (ISD) projects call for improved project management practices. This, together with an endeavour to improve the success rate of ISD projects (Lyytinen and Robey 1999; Cooke-Davies 2002; White and Fortune 2002), has served as drivers for various efforts in process improvement such as the introduction of new development methods (Fitzgerald 1997; Iivari and Maansaari 1998).

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    Per Backlund & Björn Lundell

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  1. Karlstad University, Universitetsgatan 2, SE-651 88, Karlstad, Sweden

    Anders G. Nilsson  & Remigijus Gustas  & 

  2. Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83725, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski  & W. Gregory Wojtkowski  & 

  3. University of Gdansk, ul. Armii Krajowej 119/121, PL-81-824, Sopot, Poland

    Stanisław Wrycza

  4. Systems Development Laboratory, University of Maribor, SI-6400, Presernova 11, Slovenia

    Jože Zupančič

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Backlund, P., Lundell, B. (2006). Combining Project Management Methods: A Case Study of Dlstributed Work Practices. In: Nilsson, A.G., Gustas, R., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, W.G., Wrycza, S., Zupančič, J. (eds) Advances in Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36402-5_22

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