Owner project capabilities for infrastructure development: A review and development of the "strong owner" concept

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 271-281

  Winch, Graham ^a,b   Leiringer, Roine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Infrastructure projects; Intelligent client; Major programmes; Major projects; Project capabilities; Strong owner

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; INTELLIGENT CLIENTS; MAJOR PROGRAMMES; MAJOR PROJECT; PROJECT CAPABILITY; STRONG OWNER;

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84952865276     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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