Reflecting activities in product developing teams: Conditions for improved project management processes

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-111

  Zika Viktorsson, Annika ^a   Ingelgård, Anders ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change; Process development; Product development; Project management; Reflecting activities; Team

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT WORK EXPERIENCE; REFLECTING ACTIVITIES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33748860300     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-006-0019-1     Document Type: Article

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