Engineering change: An overview and perspective on the literature

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-124

  Jarratt, T A W ^a   Eckert, C M ^b,c   Caldwell, N H M ^a   Clarkson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Bain and Company   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design management; Engineering change; Product development

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DESIGN MANAGEMENT; ENGINEERING CHANGE; ENGINEERING CHANGES;

PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 79958084500     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-010-0097-y     Document Type: Article

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