Abstract
The project selection process is a crucial step in sustainable development. Effective sustainable development depends on the ability to select the appropriate sustainable project to implement to ensure that the desired goals are met. Some of the most common characteristics or criteria used in evaluating sustainable projects include novelty, uncertainty, skill and experience, technology information transfer, and project cost. Prioritizing these criteria based on relative importance helps project managers and decision makers identify elements that require additional attention, better allocate resources, as well as improve the selection process when evaluating different sustainable project alternatives. The aim of this research is to use the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) methodology in which fuzzy numbers are utilized to realistically represent human judgment to rank the different project criteria based on relative importance and impact on sustainable projects. The results from the FAHP show that the most important criterion to consider in sustainable project selection is project cost, followed by novelty and uncertainty as the second and third most important criteria, respectively. The two least important criteria out of the total of five examined in this research were the skill and experience and technology information transfer, respectively. These results will help project managers and decision makers identify selection criteria with higher weights of importance. Given that the selection criteria chosen for this research are not limited to the evaluation of a specific type of sustainable projects or a specific location, they can be used to evaluate different types of sustainable projects in different environments and locations.
Highlights
The use of fossil fuels as a source of energy has been linked to a wide range of issues such as geographical dependency, limited resources, and low efficiency [1]
This research implements the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) methodology as a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach to develop a sustainable project selection tool that quantifies and ranks five key sustainable project criteria based on importance
This selection tool can be applied by any project manager or decision maker when evaluating different sustainable project alternatives for selection regardless of the type, environment, and location of these projects
Summary
The use of fossil fuels as a source of energy has been linked to a wide range of issues such as geographical dependency, limited resources, and low efficiency [1]. Global efforts in promoting sustainability by The World Commission on Environmental and Development report in 1987 have led to an increased awareness of the adverse effects of using fossil fuels and the benefits of sustainability [4]. The selection process includes considering many different criteria of the different project alternatives in an effort to determine the best possible project that can meet the desired goals. By ranking these key sustainable project characteristics or criteria, it helps project managers and decision makers focus on more important areas when evaluating the different project alternatives in addition to resource allocation
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