System model for analyzing design productivity

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-34

  Chang, Andrew S ^a   Ibbs, William ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

^c Ibbs Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering firms; Information management; Performance characteristics; Productivity; Project management

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING FIRMS; OPERATIONAL INSIGHT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PROJECT PRODUCTIVITY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 33646581663     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2006)22:1(27)     Document Type: Article

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