Impact of optimism bias regarding organizational dynamics on project planning and control

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-157

  Son, Jeongwook ^a   Rojas, Eddy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizations; Performance characteristics; Planning; Simulation; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; COST OVERRUNS; EXPLICIT METHOD; OPTIMISM BIAS; ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATIONS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PLANNING STAGES; PROJECT PLANNING; PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL; SCHEDULE DELAY; SIMULATION; STEPPING STONE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WHAT-IF;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78751548600     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000260     Document Type: Article

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