Postponing design processes in unpredictable environments

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-154

  Gil, Nuno ^a   Tommelein, Iris D ^b   Beckman, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Design; Design reuse; Large scale engineering design; Postponement; Project management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN REUSE; PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 10844230292     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-004-0049-5     Document Type: Article

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