The influence of process concurrency on project outcomes in product development: an empirical study of cross-functional teams

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-164

  Hauptman, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030143181     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.509981     Document Type: Article

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