TY - GEN
T1 - Establishing key integration factors for integrating engineering and sustainability
AU - Lee, Kuan Pei
AU - Chang, Andrew S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This study established the key integration factors (KIFs) to helpparticipants to scrutinize the key issues during incorporating sustainability issues into engineering development projects. Firstly, Sustainability disputes in one case project were reviewed to understand their evolvement and to analyze the dispute. The key factors were identified by comparing other two types of integration cases. Secondly, focused interviews were conducted with practitioners to scrutinize the eight KIFs by analysing the interviewed opinions to ensure its applicability. The study results show that the eight KIFs were consistent with the key issues in the integration practice. These factors can remindthe integration team to check the data quality, choose the appropriate assessment techniques, communicate with stakeholders, invite qualified experts, and then achieve consensus in the integration process.
AB - This study established the key integration factors (KIFs) to helpparticipants to scrutinize the key issues during incorporating sustainability issues into engineering development projects. Firstly, Sustainability disputes in one case project were reviewed to understand their evolvement and to analyze the dispute. The key factors were identified by comparing other two types of integration cases. Secondly, focused interviews were conducted with practitioners to scrutinize the eight KIFs by analysing the interviewed opinions to ensure its applicability. The study results show that the eight KIFs were consistent with the key issues in the integration practice. These factors can remindthe integration team to check the data quality, choose the appropriate assessment techniques, communicate with stakeholders, invite qualified experts, and then achieve consensus in the integration process.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.308-310.1590
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.308-310.1590
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80053251305
SN - 9783037852132
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 1590
EP - 1594
BT - Advanced Design Technology
T2 - 2011 International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering, ADME 2011
Y2 - 16 September 2011 through 18 September 2011
ER -