Project performance monitoring methods used in Malaysia and perspectives of introducing EVA as a standard approach

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-455

  Abdul Rahman, Hamzah ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Binti Muhammad, Norjuma'ah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Civil engineering; Construction industry; Earned value analysis (EVA); Performance forecasting; Project management; Project monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS; FLOWCHART DEVELOPMENT; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; FUZZY LOGIC MODEL; INTERVIEW SURVEY; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MALAYSIANS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; PERFORMANCE FORECASTING; PROJECT CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS; PROJECT MONITORING; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; STOCHASTIC METHODS;

BUDGET CONTROL; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FLOWCHARTING; FUZZY LOGIC; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 81255188585     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2011.598331     Document Type: Article

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