Using DEMATEL Method to Modeling Project Complexity Dimensions

Nowadays, project complexity is considered as one of the reasons for projects failures and many studies have been conducted in order to identify the elements of complexity in projects. However, discovery of the relationships between project complexity dimensions has been less worked. So, the main purpose of this research is to explore the relationships among the most important complexity dimensions. In order to perform this, by reviewing literature the complexity dimensions in projects are identified. Next, The DEMATEL method is used in order to determine the required relationships. The results can be used for better understanding of project complexity concepts and also achieving the most important dimensions. Additionally, these results can be applied in order to facilitate the decision making process.

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