Front-end alignment of projects - doing the right project

Making Essential Choices with Scant Information: Front-End Decision Making in Major Projects

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 106-124

  Cooke Davies, Terry ^a,b,c  

^a Human Systems International Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009238228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230236837     Document Type: Chapter

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