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3.3.1 Optimizing Resource Allocation Decisions
Author(s) -
Wilson Mark A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2008.tb00812.x
Subject(s) - analytic hierarchy process , resource allocation , framing (construction) , computer science , management science , key (lock) , resource (disambiguation) , process (computing) , process management , decision analysis , decision theory , operations research , knowledge management , risk analysis (engineering) , business , engineering , microeconomics , economics , computer security , operating system , computer network , structural engineering , mathematical economics
The paper explains how the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) theory of decision‐making can be used to create justifiable, traceable resource allocation decisions in a resource‐constrained organizational environment. By thinking about the decision as a six step process of: (1) framing the decision to be made, (2) identifying alternatives, (3) modelling‐evaluating the trade study, (4) choosing an alternative, (5) conducting sensitivity analysis, and (6) implementing the selected alternative, key stakeholders can better understand how to reliably and repeat‐ably make justifiable, traceable resource allocation decisions in the context of an enterprise systems framework.