A quantitative analysis of data collected from the last planner system in Brazil

Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice - 14th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-14

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 625-635

  Bortolazza, Rodrigo C ^a   Formoso, Carlos T ^a  

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Author keywords

Last Planner; Multivariate regression analysis; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INNOVATION RESEARCH; LAST PLANNER; LAST PLANNER SYSTEM; LOOK-AHEAD; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE DATA; RESEARCH STUDIES; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; WORK FORCE; WORK PACKAGES;

GROUP THEORY; INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 78651576018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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