Coordinating dispersed product development processes: A contingency perspective of project design and modelling

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 570-584

  To, Chester K M ^a   Fung, Hon Kwok ^a   Harwood, Raymond J ^b   Ho, K C ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Innovation and Technology Commission   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Interdependency; Process design; Product development; Project organizations; Simulation based optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION PROCESS; CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE; COORDINATION AND CONTROL; DATA CAPTURE; DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; EVALUATION STRATEGIES; INTERACTIVITY; INTERDEPENDENCY; MANUFACTURING DESIGN; PIPELINE OPERATION; PROCESS INTERACTION; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM; PRODUCT VALUE; PROJECT DESIGNS; PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS; SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATIONS; STRUCTURED INFORMATION;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 67651149500     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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