Risk identification biases and their impact to space system development project performance

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 3-12

  Reeves, John D ^a   Eveleigh, Tim ^b   Holzer, Thomas H ^b   Sarkani, Shahryar ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering Management; Program and Project Management; Risk Management; Systems Engineering

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COST AND SCHEDULE; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN PHASE; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION BIAS; PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK IDENTIFICATION; RISKS MANAGEMENT; SPACE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880553754     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2013.11431970     Document Type: Article

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