PLM Software Selection Model for Project Management Using Hierarchical Decision Modeling With Criteria From PMBOK® Knowledge Areas

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Eastham ◽  
David James Tucker ◽  
Sumir Varma ◽  
Scott Matthew Sutton
Author(s):  
Herbert Thomas ◽  
Jessica Hollis

This case involves the implementation of an automated capture solution, aimed at replacing a manual lecture capture service at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. The implementation of such a solution, within a very short timeframe and subject to a constrained budget, was necessitated by a significant change in lecturer-student interaction brought about by a devastating earthquake and associated aftershocks. In consequence, recently adopted project management methodology at the institution had to be amended in order to incorporate software selection processes under way at another institution. The university project management approach (based on Prince 2 project management philosophy) includes an exhaustive comparison of software packages, based on detailed “Request for Information” and “Request for Proposal” procedures. Severe time constraints forced the project team to omit these procedures by tapping into the same process at another university undergoing the same exercise. This was the only way in which the project could be completed within the proposed timeframe. Currently, the automated capture solution is being prepared for handover from the project manager to the institution in December 2012, as planned.


Author(s):  
Kushal Moolchandani ◽  
Zhenghui Sha ◽  
Apoorv Maheshwari ◽  
Joseph Thekinen ◽  
Navindran Davendralingam ◽  
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Author(s):  
Jeremiah Provenzola ◽  
Sean McGraw ◽  
Alaa Nour ◽  
Nertila Bregaj ◽  
Melinda Pizarro ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Siti Komsiyah

The problem with many alternative decisions in the areas of management and administration commonly referred to as multi-attribute decision problems. For example, the decision problem with many variables so that the target decision can not always be determined easily. Well-known method of approach, to overcome this kind of problem is called the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). AHP technique is given by arranging alternative levels of decision, so as to provide a structured quantitative description. Application of multi-attribute types ofproblems such as problems in the selection of software, car, project proposal, the university, the best employees, and so forth. In this paper, the approach developed using the AHP in software selection project management.


1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (03) ◽  
pp. 184-189
Author(s):  
Ernst G. Frankel

Increasingly rapid and often radical changes in both ship design as well as ship production process technology require more frequent selection from among many alternative technologies and operational strategies under conditions of uncertainty. A stochastic time variant hierarchical decision process, or expert choice method, is proposed for use under such conditions. Such an approach is particularly relevant to ship production because here technical decisions usually involve large investments, changes in production or operations, and often imply or affect strategic change. Expert choice, or the analytic hierarchical process (AHP), offers an approach which allows consideration of all the factors, as well as the risk attitudes of the decision-makers and others involved. The basic AHP method was modified to permit consideration of the probabilities associated with hierarchical relationships of factors and decision-makers. AHP is further suggested to include the effect of time on the determination of the risk, and time dependence of the outcome of alternative decisions. Thereby AHP permits determination of not only the most effective choices, but also timing of complex decisions met so frequently in ship production project management.


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