All projects have some degree of complexity due to the interdependency of resources, and their elements. Anticipating the degree of complexity and planning to manage actions to meet the situations effectively requires an understanding of project details and project implementation strategy. In this article a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) approach based on survey instrument, Multi Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) and Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP) has been proposed to measure the complexity of projects. Nine project complexity criteria are identified to map the project complexity. Importance of specific criteria is evaluated using AHP. A Survey Instrument has been proposed to enumerate the scores of various criteria. In the proposed methodology the weights obtained from AHP and scores obtained from survey instrument are used in multiattribute utility function (MAUF) to evaluate the degree of project complexity.
Project complexity, Project complexity characteristics, MCDM, Multi Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT), Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP)
