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The Design for Trustworthy Software Compilation The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Software Development
by Bijay K. Jayaswal, Peter C. Patton, Ernest H. Forman
http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780132351355
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is an advanced technique that supports decision makers in structuring complex decisions, quantifying intangible factors, and evaluating choices in multi-objective decision situations. It is a comprehensive and rational decision-making framework that provides a powerful methodology for determining relative worth among a set of elements. AHP is especially suitable for complex decisions that involve the comparison of decision elements which are difficult to quantify. AHP is particularly applicable in managing software complexity, and in Quality Function Deployment (QFD), as presented in Chapter 11 of the book Design for Trustworthy Software.
This short cut illustrates the application of AHP in prioritizing complex design issues. It also shows how AHP and its supporting software, Expert Choice (EC), can handle much higher levels of complexities accurately and expeditiously than the prioritization matrices introduced in Chapter 7 of Design for Trustworthy Software.
Practical Project Management: Tips, Tactics, and Tools
by Harvey A. Levine (contributions by Rich Dougherty and Jim Devlin of Expert Choice)
Decision By Objectives
Subtitled: How to Convince Others that You are Right.
by Ernest H. Forman (Author), Mary Ann Selly (Author)
This book is designed for decision makers who want to learn about various decision making concepts from brainstorming, to structuring, to evaluation and choice as well as forecasting and resource allocation.
Decision by Objectives, Ernest H. Forman and Mary Ann Selly, 402pp (available in either hard or soft cover), copyright 2001, World Scientific. ISBN: 9810241437
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Decision by Objectives is a free online resource for practitioners who are planning to use the Expert Choice software for a variety of organizational decisions.Click here to download Decision by Objectives in PDF format
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