Towards managing team interfaces: An elicitation of factors influencing communication

DS 58-3: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 275-286

  Maier, Anja M ^a   Eckert, Claudia M ^b   Clarkson, P John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Communication; Empirical case studies in industry; Influencing factors; Research and development management

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS; DESIGN PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NON-TECHNICAL PROBLEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84859243226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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