A multiple criteria decision model for assigning priorities to activities in project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Mota, Caroline Maria de Miranda ^a   de Almeida, Adiel Teixeira ^a   Alencar, Luciana Hazin ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Multi criteria decision method; Multi objective activity priorities; Task classification

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS; DECISION PROBLEMS; MAIN TASKS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION METHOD; MULTI-OBJECTIVE ACTIVITY PRIORITIES; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION AIDS; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISIONS; PROJECT ACTIVITIES; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT NETWORKS; TASK CLASSIFICATION;

MANAGERS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 59649105935     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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