Assessment of the propensity for revisions in design projects through the dichotomous characterization of designer effort

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Manavazhi, Mohan Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design planning; Design process; Design revisions; Design rework; Rework propensity

Indexed keywords

DEMONSTRATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

REWORK PROPENSITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT DESIGN;

EID: 1142281830     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000186059     Document Type: Article

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