What is preproject planning, anyway?

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Gibson Jr , G Edward ^a   Wang, Yu Ren ^b   Cho, Chung Suk ^c   Pappas, Michael P ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

^c NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best Management Practice; Planning; Project management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS; PREPROJECT PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PLANNING; PROCESS CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646598024     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2006)22:1(35)     Document Type: Article

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