Sometimes there are evaluations that need to be placed through a rational process instead of a subjective mechanism. A rational evaluation process eliminates emotion from the choices. This process can be utilized in evaluating multiple items such as vendors, developmental frameworks, and business process best practices.
The Analytical Hierarchy Process helps to solve multi-criteria problems by breaking down the criteria and comparing them to each other. An overall wieght of the criteria is compared through out to help arrive at the best decision.
This is an example for a CMS System evaluation with different vendors.
AnalyticHierarchyProcess.doc
AHPCalculations.xls


