A project management quality cost information system for the construction industry

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 649-661

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Irani, Zahir ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information system; Project management; Prototype; Quality costs; Rework

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

QUALITY COSTS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0042131539     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(02)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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