Client requirements processing for concurrent life-cycle design and construction

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 74-88

  Kamara, John M ^a   Anumba, Chimay J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE PACKAGE ACCESS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CLIENTPRO;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034206905     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1106/BH8C-TVWJ-T7PM-LHCM     Document Type: Article

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