Integrating AHP Application for Project Management

Abstract:

Project management considers theme as the most vibrant and dynamic multi-disciplinary. Project management includes situations of decision making that are complex, thus the discerning methods to make a sound decisions are required. AHP has been used as a managerial decision tool in many industries. For most cases in project management, AHP has been used as a standalone methodology. In an attempt to extend the use of integrated AHP applications to areas that regarding to project management issues, this paper aims to introduce the integrated AHP application for dealing with project management issues. Combined AHP with some meta-heuristics approaches will be suitable to solve the problem related of the project management.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 575)
• Pages: 895-899
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.575.895
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Waled Alzober*, Abdul Razak Yaakub
• Keywords: Decision Support System (DSS), Multi Criteria Decision Making, Non-Parametric Tests, Project Management, Tendering Processes

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