Why nasa's management doesn't believe the cost estimate

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-12

  Prince, Frank A ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CALIBRATION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST ESTIMATE; ENGINEERING COST COMMUNITY; MODEL DEVELOPMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036505614     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2002.11415143     Document Type: Article

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