Practical proposals for managing uncertainty and risk in project planning

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 299-310

  Dawson, R J ^a   Dawson, C W ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity networks; Planning; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACTIVITY NETWORKS; PROJECT PLANNING RISKS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032189393     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(97)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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