A decision-making support system module for project manager selection according to past performance

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-541

  Hadad, Yossi ^a   Keren, Baruch ^a   Laslo, Zohar ^a  

^a SCE Shamoon College of Engineering   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mann Whitney Wilcoxon U test (MWW); Project management (PM); Ranking methods (RM)

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DECISION MAKING SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MANN-WHITNEY-WILCOXON U TEST (MWW); PERSONAL QUALIFICATION; PROJECT MANAGERS; RANKING METHODS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS;

MANAGERS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875118752     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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