DocumentCode
1517981
Title
Engineering roles in development projects
Author
Wolek, F.W.
Author_Institution
Wharton School Finance & Commerce, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Issue
2
fYear
1972
fDate
5/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
53
Lastpage
60
Abstract
This paper describes a methodology for analyzing the organization of engineering development projects. Specially, the methodology focuses on the different roles which engineers play in such projects. A small study based on this methodology showed little specialization by such types of work as project definition, analysis, and experimentation. This result suggests that engineers are multiskilled in the activities of engineering development. This suggestion is consistent with recent theory on organizations as sociotechnical systems.
Keywords
project engineering; development projects; engineering roles; specialization; Correlation; Government; Hardware; Knowledge engineering; Problem-solving; Prototypes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9391
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TEM.1972.6448376
Filename
6448376
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