Key concepts in modeling product development processes

Systems Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-128

  Browning, Tyson R ^a,c,d   Fricke, Ernst ^b   Negele, Herbert ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BMW GROUP   (Germany)

^c Texas Christian University ^*  (United States)

^d Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering management; Process modeling; Product development; Project management; System design process; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; PROCESS MODELING; SYSTEM DESIGN PROCESS;

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33744490407     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20047     Document Type: Article

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