Using the analytic hierarchy process and goal programming for information system project selection

One of the basic information system (IS) management activities is the planning of IS projects. Specifically, such planning requires the selection of IS projects and allocation of resources to complete them. This paper presents an improved IS project selection methodology that combines the recently applied IS project selection methodologies of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) within a goal programming (GP) model framework. This new combination of the AHP and GP methodologies helps to overcome the weaknesses observed when either methodology is used separately. The combined AHP and GP methodology is illustrated through an example.