Competing construction management paradigms

Lean Construction Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-45

  Ballard, Glenn ^a   Howell, Gregory A ^a  

^a Dba Lean Construction Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction management; Flow; Lean construction; Paradigm; Production system; Project management; Theory; Value; Variability; Work flow; Work flow variability; Work structuring

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; LEAN PRODUCTION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; FLOW; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; PARADIGM; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; THEORY; VALUE; VARIABILITY; WORK STRUCTURING; WORK-FLOWS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84987619052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15551369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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