Measuring project complexity: A project manager’s tool

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-202

  Sinha, Sanjeev ^a   Kumar, Bimal ^b   Thomson, Avril ^c  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity generating factors; Complexity justifying factors; Decision making; Human resources; Information processed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857078706     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452007.2006.9684615     Document Type: Article

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