Topic will include relevant theory and methodology as well as example applications. The perspective will be individual at medium and upper level project managers in various organizations. Making Hard Decisions with Decison Tools, by Robert T. Clemen and Terence Reilly, Duxbury Press, 2001. Critical issue for survival and success into the 21st century, Alan Waring and A. Ian Glendon, Thompson Learning, 1998. Stop IT project failures through risk management, by Dan Remenyi, Butterworth Heinemann, 1999.
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