Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Water Strategic Planning in Jordan

The Nominal Group Technique as a structured group decision support process and PROMETHEE as a multi-criteria decision aid software are utilised to develop a future water sector strategy, and a system methodology to rank and select water development projects in the presence of conflicting objectives and constraints. The task described is novel in that it integrates the various decision analytical management techniques in order to increase the flexibility and efficiency of the current decision making process.