External change in large engineering design projects: The role of the client

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 426-439

  Gil, Nuno ^a   Tommelein, Iris D ^b   Schruben, Lee W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale engineering design; Postponement; Project management; Semiconductor; Simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EXTERNAL UNCERTAINTIES; LARGE-SCALE ENGINEERING DESIGN;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746656287     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.877447     Document Type: Article

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