Exploring the Context of Price Quotation on Design Projects

Authors

  • Maurício Moreira e Silva Bernardes Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
  • Henrique Benedetto Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
  • Milena Chang Chain
  • Darli Rodrigues Vieira University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières (UQTR) Canada

Keywords:

Design, Pricing Theory, Time-Dependent Scheduling, Project Management, Cost Estimating, Survey, Professional Community, Price, Quotation, Knowledge

Abstract

Information about the process of price quotation in design projects was collected through in-depth interviews with experts in the field and a survey of design professionals. Content analysis was applied to the transcripts of 13 interviews and revealed four dimensions whose inclusion in the process adds robustness to time estimates during the process of price quotation on design projects. The correlations among these dimensions were evaluated through the application of a survey that resulted in 427 valid responses. The results indicated that the entire professional community reinforced the need to observe them to ensure greater assertiveness in the studied processes.

Author Biographies

  • Maurício Moreira e Silva Bernardes, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil

    Maurício Moreira e Silva Bernardes is full professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with M.Sc. and Dr. in Construction Management and Postdoc in Design by the IIT Institute of Design/Chicago. His research areas include project and design management, design methods and product development process. He is Dean of the Institute of Innovation, Competitiveness and Design at UFRGS.

  • Henrique Benedetto, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil

    Henrique Benedetto is researcher at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, in the Product Development Group. He holds bachelor´s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with M.Sc. and Dr. in Design and Technology. His research areas embrace project management, design management, design methods and product development. After working as executive in many business areas, he is now heading the Innovation Department in an industrial company in the food technology market in Brazil. As a professor he teaches Project Management, Decision Management and Management of Innovative Enterprises.

  • Milena Chang Chain

    Milena Chang Chain is a DBA candidate and a Researcher at the Chair in Management of Aeronautical projects at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres. She holds a degree in Production Engineering from the Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR) and a degree in Business Administration from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). She also holds an MBA in Logistics Management Systems from the UFPR

  • Darli Rodrigues Vieira, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières (UQTR) Canada

    Darli Rodrigues Vieira Professor in Project Management Holds the research chair in Management of Aeronautical Projects – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)

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2022-05-20

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Exploring the Context of Price Quotation on Design Projects. (2022). The Journal of Modern Project Management, 7(1). https://journalmodernpm.com/manuscript/index.php/jmpm/article/view/JMPM01911

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