Deliberating the triple constraint trade-offs as polarities to manage - A refreshed perspective

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1265-1272

  Van Wyngaard, C J ^a   Pretorius, J H C ^b   Pretorius, L ^c  

^a Graduate Universities of Johannesburg and Pretoria Employee Saab Electronic Defence Systems   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cost; polarity management; Project management; scope; time; trade offs; triple constraint

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED MODELING; PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES; PROJECT OUTCOMES; SCOPE; TIME; TRADE OFF; TRIPLE CONSTRAINT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84914142114     PISSN: 21573611     EISSN: 2157362X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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