Charting multidisciplinary team external dynamics using a systems thinking approach

7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 1780-1790

  Barthelemy, J F ^a   Waszak, M R ^a   Jones, K M ^a   Silcox, R J ^a   Silva, W A ^a   Nowaczyk, R H ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA; SYSTEM THEORY;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; EXTERNAL DYNAMICS; KEY VARIABLES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS THINKING;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 84982318535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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