Is construction project planning really doing its job? A critical examination of focus, role and process

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 243-266

  Laufer, A ^a   Tucker, R L ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction control; information handling; planning deficiencies; planning techniques; purpose of planning

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVES; INFORMATION HANDLING; NORMATIVE PLANNING; PLANNING EFFECTIVENESS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0003267827     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446198700000023     Document Type: Article

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