A typology for clients' multi-project environments

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-371

  Blismas, Nick ^a   Sher, William ^b   Thorpe, Antony ^c   Baldwin, Andrew ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Case studies; Multi projects; Portfolio; Programmes; Typology

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; MULTI-PROJECT ENVIRONMENTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD;

EID: 2942650451     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190310001649047     Document Type: Article

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