Estimating factors affecting project task size in product development - An empirical study

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-94

  Hölttä Otto, Katja ^a,b   Magee, Christopher L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Project complexity; Project management; Resource management; Task size

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; PLANNING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PROJECT COMPLEXITY; PROJECT TASK SIZE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 31744442414     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2005.861809     Document Type: Article

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