Measurement model of project complexity for large-scale projects from task and organization perspective

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 610-622

  Lu, Yunbo ^a   Luo, Lan ^a   Wang, Hongli ^b   Le, Yun ^a   Shi, Qian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hidden workload; Large scale projects; Measurement model; Project complexity

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; HIDDEN WORKLOAD; INTEGRAL PART; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEASUREMENT MODEL; PROJECT COMPLEXITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMPLEXITY; CONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84922592342     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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