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A study for project risk management using an advanced MCDM-based DEMATEL-ANP approach

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Adopting the multidimensional balanced scorecard approach to improve project management and organizational performance can help reduce project risks and potential disasters in order to maximize the investment benefits and security of IT projects with high risks. We adopted the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) research context, whose stimulus, organism, and response refer to project risk, project management, and organizational performance, respectively. Furthermore, a questionnaire survey of project management experts was conducted. We then utilized the DANP model, which combines the Decision-Making Trial Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and the analytical network process, to explore the relationships among project risks, project management, and organizational performance. We observed the following: (a) effective project management can reduce project risk and improve organizational performance; (b) project risk is most influenced by the user; (c) senior manager support significantly influences project management; (d) organizational learning and growth has a significant impact on organizational performance; and (e) the criteria with the largest relative weight is generally considered to pose a risk, which indicates that the experts seriously consider that project risk. Our results can provide a valuable reference for project management to reduce risk and improve organizational performance.

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  1. Department of Information Management, Hwa Hsia University of Technology, 111, Gong Jhuan Rd., Chung Ho District, New Taipei City, 235, Taiwan, ROC

    You-Shyang Chen

  2. Department of Information Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123, University Rd., Section 3, Douliou, Yunlin, 640, Taiwan, ROC

    Huan-Ming Chuang, Chien-Ku Lin & Wen-Bin Huang

  3. School of Computing Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India

    Arun Kumar Sangaiah

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Chen, YS., Chuang, HM., Sangaiah, A.K. et al. A study for project risk management using an advanced MCDM-based DEMATEL-ANP approach. J Ambient Intell Human Comput 10, 2669–2681 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-018-0973-2

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