Development of a knowledge sharing framework for improving the testing processes in global product development

International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-18

  Zammit, Joseph Paul ^a   Gao, James ^a   Evans, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication and collaboration; Information and knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Product development; Product testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986197777     PISSN: 17435110     EISSN: 17435129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPLM.2016.078853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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