A Combined AHP and Source of Power Schemes for Prioritising Requirements Applied on a Human Resources

Abstract

There are a number of scenarios where prioritising is one of the critical activities. The requirements engineering process domain uses different approaches to prioritise requirements. Most of these approaches overlook the influence of the stockholders politics and power among dimensions of the process. This paper expands the scope of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and uses the source of power approach that accounts for the political and authoritative powers typically found among stakeholders. The suggested model weaves both approaches using a well-defined process model and applies this model on a case of prioritising the requirements of human resources software in a multinational company.