Parade Game: Impact of work flow variability on trade performance

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 304-310

  Tommelein, Iris D ^a   Riley, David R ^b   Howell, Greg A ^c,d,e  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Lean Construction Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAME THEORY; JOB ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PARADE GAME; WORK FLOW VARIABILITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032645520     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1999)125:5(304)     Document Type: Article

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