Factors affecting engineering productivity

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Liao, Pin Chao ^a   O'Brien, William J ^b   Thomas, Stephen R ^b   Dai, Jiukun ^b   Mulva, Stephen P ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Bench marks; Engineering; Productivity; Project management; System analysis

Indexed keywords

BENCH MARKS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INSTITUTES; ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MODULARIZATIONS; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT PHASIS; PROJECT SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 81855196019     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000059     Document Type: Article

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