Benchmarking, benchaction, and benchlearning: Rework mitigation in projects

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 147-159

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Smith, Jim ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bench marks; Construction industry; Government; Project management; Quality control

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LIFE CYCLE; PERSONNEL; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT; PROJECT MANAGERS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 2642539100     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2003)19:4(147)     Document Type: Article

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