Product development resource allocation with foresight

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-87

  Joglekar, Nitin R ^a   Ford, David N ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent development; Control theory; Product development; Project management and scheduling; Resource allocation; Rework cycle; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; COSTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING; REWORK CYCLE; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 3943068380     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.06.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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