Service-led projects: Understanding the meta-project context

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1131-1143

  Alderman, Neil ^a   Ivory, Chris ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integration; Meta project vision; Networks; Project management; Service led projects

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CAPITAL GOODS; CRITICAL ACTIVITIES; ENGINEERING PROJECT; HIGH SPEED TRAINS; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; NETWORKS; PORT FACILITIES; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS; PROJECT VISION; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES; SERVICE PROVISIONS; SERVICE-LED PROJECTS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT;

LOCOMOTIVES; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; RAILROAD CARS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 78649777326     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.506644     Document Type: Article

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