Investigating the effect of initial scope establishment on the performance of a project through system dynamics modelling

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 381-392

  Chritamara, S ^a   Ogunlana, S O ^b   Luong Bach, Nguyen ^b  

^a SIAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Design and build procurement; Project performance; Scope definition; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974815     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021198     Document Type: Review

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