Forensic project management: An exploratory examination of the causal behavior of design-induced rework

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-247

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Edwards, David J ^b   Irani, Zahir ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Errors; Learning; Rework; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ERRORS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

DESIGN-ERROR-INDUCED REWORK; DESIGN-INDUCED REWORK; FORENSIC MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43749116883     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.919677     Document Type: Article

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