TY - JOUR
T1 - Criteria definition for digital requirements using hesitant fuzzy linguistic terms sets
T2 - an application to the automotive industry
AU - Fronte, Pietro
AU - Agell, Núria
AU - Torrens, Marc
AU - Mesa, Diana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Managing a portfolio of digital products is challenging, particularly in a context of limited economic resources and workforce. Therefore, prioritization of activities and new developments is crucial. In Software Development environment, almost all well-known prioritization techniques are based on experts’ knowledge and opinion, leaving little room for a data-driven, objective approach. In this paper, we propose a methodology that adopts the Delphi framework and Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Sets for collecting experts’ opinions, evaluating perceived importance, and computing group consensus. The objective is to provide a framework to define a group-consensual set of relevant criteria that would represent the basis for a data-driven prioritization process for digital requirements. Implementation and results from a real case application in a European automotive company are presented to understand the relevance of criteria and suggest their inclusion or exclusion for prioritization purposes.
AB - Managing a portfolio of digital products is challenging, particularly in a context of limited economic resources and workforce. Therefore, prioritization of activities and new developments is crucial. In Software Development environment, almost all well-known prioritization techniques are based on experts’ knowledge and opinion, leaving little room for a data-driven, objective approach. In this paper, we propose a methodology that adopts the Delphi framework and Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Sets for collecting experts’ opinions, evaluating perceived importance, and computing group consensus. The objective is to provide a framework to define a group-consensual set of relevant criteria that would represent the basis for a data-driven prioritization process for digital requirements. Implementation and results from a real case application in a European automotive company are presented to understand the relevance of criteria and suggest their inclusion or exclusion for prioritization purposes.
KW - Automotive
KW - Business value
KW - Consensus measure
KW - Hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets
KW - Prioritization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85212813641&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10479-024-06449-9
DO - 10.1007/s10479-024-06449-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85212813641
SN - 0254-5330
JO - Annals of Operations Research
JF - Annals of Operations Research
M1 - 110803
ER -