A multi-attribute group decision support system for information technology project selection

: The increasing intensity of global competition and the rapid advances in information technology (IT) have led organisations to search for more efficient and effective ways to manage their business. With the rapid growth of IT and global complexity, selecting information system projects that further business objectives has become a complex task. This complexity is due to a larger number of alternatives, multiple and often conflicting attributes, and an increasingly turbulent business environment. Traditional assessment techniques overemphasise quantitative and economic analysis and often neglect to consider qualitative and non-economic factors in the formal selection process. Furthermore, prior research for IT project selection does not consider interdependencies among candidate projects. In this paper, a comprehensive multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) approach for IT project selection is proposed. This decision model is illustrated by a case study of enterprise information syste...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: IJBIS
• Authors: Faramak Zandi, Madjid Tavana
• Keywords: Candidate Projects, IJBIS 2010, Project Selection, Projects