Construction project change management in Singapore: Status, importance and impact

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 817-826

  Hwang, Bon Gang ^a   Low, Lee Kian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Keppel FMO Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Best practice; Change; Change management; Construction project; Cost; Performance; Quality; Schedule; Singapore

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; CHANGE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; PERFORMANCE; SCHEDULE; SINGAPORE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; IMAGE QUALITY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84865384217     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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