Project pathogens: The anatomy of omission errors in construction and resource engineering project

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-435

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Edwards, David J ^b   Irani, Zahir ^c   Walker, Derek H T ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Error; Error management; Omission; Pathogens; Rework

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL MODEL; COST AND SCHEDULE; ENGINEERING PROJECT; ERROR MANAGEMENT; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; KEY FACTORS; OMISSION; OMISSION ERRORS; PROJECT PARTICIPANTS; REWORK; REWORK COSTS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

ERRORS;

EID: 68349117209     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.927774     Document Type: Article

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