A project task coordination model for team organization in concurrent engineering

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-202

  Chen, Shi Jie ^a   Lin, Li ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Concurrent engineering; Design structure matrix (DSM); Interdependent task group; Multifunctional; Team; Team organization

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DECISION ANALYSIS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036769274     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106329302761689115     Document Type: Article

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