Evaluating Project Managers by an Interval Decision-Making Method Based on a New Project Manager Competency Model

Selecting the competent project manager is one of the key factors for project success. This paper focuses on two main objectives: (1) presenting a project manager competency model in three dimensions of knowledge, performance and behavioral competency criteria and (2) proposing a proper interval decision-making method for evaluating project managers and selecting the competent project manager based on the presented competency model. The proposed evaluation method utilizes a goal programming technique to calculate interval weights of criteria and uses TOPSIS technique with interval weights and judgment data to rank candidate project managers and select the best of them.