UDC: 005.22:005.8

DOI: 10.7595/management.fon.2014.0016

A project manager has a major influence on the success or failure of the project. A good project manager can match between the strategy and objectives of the organization and the goals of the project. Therefore, the selection of the appropriate project manager is a key factor for the success of the project. A potential project manageris judged by his or her proven performance and personal qualifications. This paper proposes a method to calculate the weighted scores and the full rank of candidates for managing a project, and to select the best of those candidates. The proposed method combines specific methodologies: the Data Envelopment Analysis(DEA) and the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and uses DEA Ranking Methods to enhance selection.

Keywords: Project Management (PM), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP), Ranking Methods (RM).

Baruch Keren, Yossi Hadad, Zohar Laslo

Industrial Engineering and Management Department, SCE – Shamoon College of Engineering,

Beer Sheva, Israel

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