Emails in engineering design projects: An approach for analysing their information content

5th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology, DET 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 111-124

  Wasiak, James ^a   Hicks, Ben ^a   Newnes, Linda ^a   Dong, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design information; Email; Information characteristics; Information content; Project management

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; ITERATIVE METHODS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN INFORMATION; DESIGN PROJECTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS; INFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; LARGE AMOUNTS; PROJECT LIFECYCLE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79960710750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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