Icarus' predicament: Managing the pathologies of overspecification and overdesign

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Coman, Alex ^a   Ronen, Boaz ^b  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

25 25; ARENA; Overdesign; Overspecification; Product management; Project management; Research and development; The theory of constraints (TOC)

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; BUSINESS TO CUSTOMERS; DUE DATES; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; GROWTH POTENTIAL; ILLUSTRATIVE CASE; LIFECYCLE COSTS; OVERSPECIFICATION; PRODUCT MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT MANAGER; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS; PROJECT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 76749147400     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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