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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"Engineering projects"”.
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Developer coordination in software engineering projects
… being able to understand its role in software engineering projects requires an accepted way of measuring it. One approach used to conceptualize and measure coordination is known as ‘Socio-Technical Congruence’ (STC), developed by Cataldo et al. (2006), which is the fit between required …
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Methodological analysis of process technology in Engineering projects implementation
… tools in the implementation of a major engineering project in a steel plant of Gerdau Group in the city of Charqueadas, Brazil. The project consisted of an increase in capacity of the electric arc furnace in order to improve the availability of liquid steel to the subsequent processes in …
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Time / schedule control of engineering projects in the South Western Cape
… control system. It uses an industrial survey of engineering projects in the South Western Cape to highlight current time/schedule control trends and to establish the existence and form of relationships between project success, project characteristics and time/schedule control methods. The broad …
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Strategic management for large engineering projects : the stakeholder value network approach
… challenges and opportunities for today's large engineering projects are associated with the multi-type and networked relationships between these projects and their various stakeholders. This dissertation advances a multidisciplinary approach-Stakeholder Value Network (SVN) analysis-as a unique …
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The micro-foundations of alignment among sponsors and contractors on large engineering projects
Large engineering projects design, engineer and construct much of the world's energy, transportation and defense infrastructure. These large scale engineering endeavors are highly visible, have long lasting impacts and are of major economic significance. Yet despite their importance they frequently …
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A phrase mining and qualitative comparative analysis incorporating stakeholder perspectives in international engineering projects
The student, Kelsey Schreiber, accepted the attached license on 2019-12-11 at 07:15.
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Design of educational engineering projects fabricated with the laser-cutter and CNC wire bender
… is to design educational project enclosures for engineering students at MIT that utilize the laser-cutter, CNC "DiWire" wire bender and various other mechanical engineering tools. Introducing students to the laser-cutter and wire bender gives them hands-on experience with some exciting mechanical …
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An expert system utility prototype for the evaluation of environmental impacts of civil engineering projects
… for use by engineers in the planning of civil engineering projects. The idea is that this system will be used early in the planning phase of projects, to identify potential negative environmental impacts and there by iteratively modify proposals before further work on them is undertaken. The …
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Methods to facilitate community participation in humanitarian engineering projects: Laying the foundation for a learning platform
<p>Humanitarian engineering (HE) is a new interdisciplinary field that is rapidly emerging worldwide. Many not-for-profit organizations such as Engineers Without Borders, Practical Action, and International Development Enterprise have been flourishing with the goal of providing technological …
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A Study of the Influence of Trust on the Relationships Between Team Members in Engineering Projects
… short-term relationships such as in construction projects. The literature has also exposed that lack of trust is one of the major issues in the construction industry. Thus, the purpose of this exploratory study is to explore the nature of trust in a construction project team. The research focuses …
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An integrated method for managing complex engineering projects using the design structure matrix and advanced simulation
… project management framework for complex engineering projects such as the development of an automobile. The integrated method streamlines project planning and control using three modules: structuring, modeling, and scheduling. In the structuring module, the design structure matrix (DSM) …
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The influence of project structural factors on the time management of electronic engineering projects in the south western Cape
… effective time management system for electronic engineering companies in the South Western Cape. It includes a literature review which shows the influence of the project structural factors on time management and the project performance. The research also uses an industrial survey to uncover the …
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Learning linkages between projects and work placements in engineering education
… investigated the combined learning linkages of engineering projects (Problem-Based Learning [PBL]) and work placements (Work-Integrated Learning [WIL]) in engineering education in New Zealand. The learning process of both approaches was analysed based on the development of engineering knowledge, …
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Compressibility and permeability of natural soft clays and surcharging to reduce settlements
… are frequently encountered in important engineering projects. This investigation has been concerned with consolidation characteristics of natural soft clays.
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Fast Power Converters and Rapid Digital Design
… has revolutionized workflows in macro-scale engineering projects. Digital control facilitates bottom-up workflows where hardware, software, and design teams can work independently. These new workflows are tested for sending power into the utility grid on the Grainger Center modular inverter.
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Delivering successful projects in the New Zealand process engineering industry
… in New Zealand deliver successful process engineering projects. Possible critical success factors derived from the literature review formed the design of a semi-structured interview questionnaire to survey nine New Zealand project managers in the process engineering industry. Conclusions …
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A Comparison of Statistical Filtering Methods for Automatic Term Extraction for Domain Analysis
… vocabulary in a domain. Fifteen domain engineering projects were examined to measure how closely the vocabularies selected by the fourteen word frequency metrics were to the vocabularies produced by domain engineers. Six filtering mechanisms were also evaluated to measure their impact on …
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Nurturing Systems Thinking: Developing a Framework Based on the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) to Improve Systems Development Processes
<p>Large systems engineering projects have an astonishingly high failure rate. The reasons hypothesized for such a high failure rate include the neglect of nonsalient system elements such as social and human or organizational aspects of systems. Social and human factors have long been known to be …
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DATA-DRIVEN ANALYTICAL MODELS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND PREDICTION OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
During the lifecycle of mega engineering projects such as: energy facilities, infrastructure projects, or data centers, executives in charge should take into account the potential opportunities and threats that could affect the execution of such projects. These opportunities and threats can arise …
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Methods for Rigorous Uncertainty Quantification with Application to a Mars Atmosphere Model
… of uncertainty in large, high-consequence engineering projects. The term "rigorous uncertainty quantification" refers to methods equal to the proposed task. The motivating practical example is uncertainty in a Mars atmosphere model due to the incompletely characterized presence of dust. The …
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