A study of the impact of project classification on project risk indicators

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 863-876

  Yim, Rachel ^a   Castaneda, Jason ^a   Doolen, Toni ^a   Tumer, Irem ^a   Malak, Richard ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Project classification; Project management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PREDICTIVE POWER; PROJECT CLASSIFICATION; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

CLASSIFICATION; DESIGN; ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925111153     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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