Project decision which is evaluated according to the method of Analytic Hierarchy Process calculation procedures for multi-attribute decision making as it is discussed in detail in section 4. Users’ decisions that are pair-wise comparisons for the project are used in the process of calculating users own decisions and group decision of the project.
Project user clicks “User & Group Decision” button to see the project users’ decision on the project as shown in the Figure 8.37.
Figure 8.37 : Project Decision for Project Manager Page
Then, Project Users’ Decision page which is shown in Figure 8.38 appears. In the page, project manager follows the status of the project users’ evaluations on the project. Not only the name, the surname, and the username of the project user, but also the status of the user decision which means that user has completed the evaluation process for the project will be observed.
The table for project users’ decisions status provides the manager to see which the user has finished the decision process by looking at the “Status” column. If the user finishes the project comparisons, the status of the project is written as “Completed!” If the user does not finish evaluation of the project, status of user decision will be seen as “Not Completed!”
There are two icons that are red-man and green-man under the column of “User Decision” in the Figure 8.38. Red-man icon means that the user has not completed the decision process. However, green-man icon shows that the user has completed the decision process. If the project manager wants to see the user’s decision, the project manager will click the green-man icon of the user. Therefore, the project manager will see the user’s decision.
Project manager clicks user’s decision icon, green man icon, which is linked to the page of user’s own decision, to see the decision result of the user in Figure 8.38.
Figure 8.38 : Project Users’ Decisions Status Page
When green man icon for any user is clicked, the page which is to show user’s decision appears as it is seen in the Figure 8.39. Project name and project user name is mentioned at the top of the page. It is seen that alternatives of the project are sorted in a descending order according to their values, results in the “Alternatives / Values” table. It should be mentioned that alternatives and their values are shown in 3 – dimension pie chart graph. Graphical presentation of alternatives and their values help users to comprehend the result efficiently and quickly. When the user clicks button for any alternative, the pie chart of the alternative will break away from the pie of the rest. Thus, the user perception will increase due to user friendly 3 – dimension graph. Final decision of the user is also given in written format as “Decision=” and alternative and its value. In the graph, alternatives’ values that are percentages will be seen.
Finally, the user will see the results in 3 – dimension graph and in written format. It also helps user perception increase, and better comprehension. In addition to this, user’s attention to the project result will be increased by using graphs and texts together.
Figure 8.39 : Project User’s Decision on Project Page
When all decisions are made by project users, the project manager is ready to create a group decision. If all the project users complete their evaluations for the project, project manager will create group decision by clicking “Create Group Decision” button as it is seen in the Figure 8.38. Group decision is created by the calculations of a geometric mean (average) of the individuals’ judgments. Group decision is calculated from users’ judgments, and then it is presented with 3 – dimension graph support as it is showed in Figure 8.40. The user name is “group” to show the group decision for the project.
When the group decision is calculated, “Group Decision” will appear for the project in Project Decision.
Figure 8.40 : Group Decision Page 8.2.2.8. Project Decision for Project User
The project user sees his/her own decision on the project by clicking on the button of “My Decision” as it is seen in the Figure 8.41. When the user clicks “My Decision”, user’s decision will be observed by the project user as in Figure 8.39.
The project user will see the “Group Decision” button in the Figure 8.41 if project user creates a group decision for the project. When it is seen, the user clicks “Group Decision” button to see the group decision of the project as in Figure 8.40.
Figure 8.41 : Project User Decision Page 8.2.2.9. Reports for Project Manager
Reports page will help project manager to observe the users’ interactions with the system and project. The project manager observes the project users by clicking “Reports” link from the menu at left side of the page as it can be seen in the Figure 8.42. In the Reports page, the project manager sees the total time that project users have spent in the project and the system. The name and surname, user name, the total time spent in the project are observed by the project user. Project manager may send e-mail by clicking “E-mail” link.
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Figure 8.42 : Reports Page