A case study approach for developing a project performance evaluation system

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-164

  Cao, Qing ^a   Hoffman, James J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Data envelop analysis; Performance measures; Project management

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; CASE STUDY APPROACH; ENVELOP ANALYSIS; GOOD PRACTICES; HONEYWELL; INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS; NEW PROJECTS; OVER-BUDGET; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SCHEDULES; TWO-STEP APPROACH;

DATA HANDLING; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; RESEARCH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650829513     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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