Managing change in the delivery of complex projects: Configuration management, asset information and 'big data'

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 339-351

  Whyte, Jennifer ^a   Stasis, Angelos ^a   Lindkvist, Carmel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset information; Change; Complex projects; Configuration management

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

ASSET INFORMATION; CHANGE; COMPLEX PROJECTS; CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; MANAGING CHANGES; RESEARCH ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL PROCESS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

DATA SET; ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84952861548     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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