Technical and institutional factors in the emergence of project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 670-681

  Johnson, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Air defense; Atomic bomb; Complexity; Configuration management; History; Intercontinental ballistic missile; Lincoln Laboratory; Matrix management; MITRE; Phased planning; Polaris; Ramo Wooldridge; SAGE; Schriever; Systems analysis; Systems engineering; Systems integration; V 2; Von Braun; Weapon system

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC MISSILES; HISTORY; INDUSTRY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

AIR DEFENSE; ATOMIC BOMBS; COMPLEXITY; CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES; LINCOLN LABORATORY; MATRIX MANAGEMENT; MITRE; POLARIS; RAMO-WOOLDRIDGE; SAGE; SCHRIEVER; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; V-2; VON BRAUN; WEAPON SYSTEM;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENGINEERING; HISTORY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEAPON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878119884     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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