Dilettantes, discipline and discourse: Requirements management for construction

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 354-367

  Fernie, Scott ^a   Green, Stuart D ^a   Weller, Stephanie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Context sensitive languages; Project management; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

CONTEXT-SENSITITIVE LANGUAGES; MANAGERIAL PRACTICES; REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT (RM); TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 3242674976     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980310502964     Document Type: Article

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