Grasping project complexity in large engineering projects: The TOE (Technical, Organizational and Environmental) framework

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 728-739

  Bosch Rekveldt, Marian ^a   Jongkind, Yuri ^a   Mooi, Herman ^a   Bakker, Hans ^b   Verbraeck, Alexander ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Large engineering projects; Project complexity; Project management

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PROJECTS; DEVELOPMENT PHASE; ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES; ENGINEERING PROJECT; LITERATURE SURVEY; PROJECT COMPLEXITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENGINEERING;

COMPLEXITY; ENGINEERING; PROCESSING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79960062818     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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