A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PRIORITIZE PROJECT ACTIVITIES THROUGH FUZZY RANKING

Baykasoglu A., Gocken T., KAPLANOĞLU V.

CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS, cilt.42, sa.3, ss.165-179, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/01969722.2011.567892
  • Dergi Adı: CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.165-179
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: activity prioritizing, fuzzy ranking, project management, DECISION-MAKING, DESIGN
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Effective management of project activities is a critical issue for project managers, especially when the projects are complex. This is more essential for projects where the number of activity attributes is numerous. In such circumstances, prioritizing of project activities is an important issue and can enable better management of projects by focusing more on the most critical activities. However, in many cases prioritizing project activities can be a difficult task because some of the activity attributes might not be expressed easily in crisp terms. In this article, a practical fuzzy rating and ranking approach is proposed to prioritize project activities with fuzzy attributes. The proposed approach is also tested through an example problem from the literature.