Decision Making

Decision-making tool & technique is used for prioritization/ranking of actions/ requirements/ alternatives etc. This tool and technique is used in the following processes of PMBOK6.

  1. Monitor and Control Project Work
  2. Perform Integrated Change Control
  3. Collect Requirements
  4. Define Scope
  5. Validate Scope
  6. Estimate Activity Durations
  7. Estimate Costs
  8. Plan Quality Management
  9. Manage Quality
  10. Acquire Resources
  11. Plan Risk Responses
  12. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
  13. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Primarily there are two main techniques of making decision.

Multicriteria-Analysis Voting