Requirements Prioritization Case Study Using AHP
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Abstract
This article describes a tradeoff analysis that can be done to select a suitable requirements prioritization method and the results of trying one method, AHP, in a case study. It is a companion article to the requirements prioritization introduction.
The tradeoff analysis and case study were conducted by a team of Carnegie Mellon graduate students under my supervision during a full-time semester-long project [Chung 06]. While results may vary from one organization to another, the discussion of how we applied the method should be of general interest.
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Mead, N. (2013, July 5). Requirements Prioritization Case Study Using AHP. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/requirements-prioritization-case-study-using-ahp/.
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Mead, Nancy. "Requirements Prioritization Case Study Using AHP." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, July 5, 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/requirements-prioritization-case-study-using-ahp/.
N. Mead, "Requirements Prioritization Case Study Using AHP," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 5-Jul-2013 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/requirements-prioritization-case-study-using-ahp/. [Accessed: 13-Aug-2026].
Mead, Nancy. "Requirements Prioritization Case Study Using AHP." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 5 Jul. 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/requirements-prioritization-case-study-using-ahp/. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.
Mead, Nancy. Requirements Prioritization Case Study Using AHP. Software Engineering Institute. 2013. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/requirements-prioritization-case-study-using-ahp/