Devising a technology for managing outsourcing IT-projects with the application of fuzzy logic

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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.224529

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IT outsourcing, project management, fuzzy logic, inference mechanism, semantic network, expert system

Abstract

An outsourcing IT project management model has been developed. The proposed model features taking into account the specifics of project management processes at outsourcing IT companies in terms of the uncertainty of the external and internal environment of their operation. The model is based on the stage-gate project management framework with fuzzy logic tools. The proposed modification of the fuzzy inference mechanism makes it possible to refuse to save the intermediate results which reduce the load on the database and create the possibility of using semantic networks. The technology of expert consultations was demonstrated by the example of decision-making regarding the assessment of the current status of the IT projects accepted by the outsourcing company for development.

Dynamic nature and cyclical management of the portfolio of IT projects involves constant monitoring of the results of implementation with an appropriate regular portfolio reforming. The model was developed to improve the efficiency of the software development sub-process and minimize the negative consequences of financial dependence on the customer.

The application software developed on the basis of the model of management of outsourcing IT projects and modification of the fuzzy inference mechanism has found practical application and was implemented in the computational practice of HYS Enterprise B.V. outsourcing IT company. Testing of the program shell has shown positive results in the course of solving the tasks peculiar to concrete stages of IT project management.

The proposed structure and composition of the fuzzy knowledgebase of the expert shell are quite typical in terms of IT outsourcing problems. It is expedient to use the developed model at outsourcing IT companies in the process of project portfolio management

Author Biographies

Zoia Sokolovska, Odessa National Polytechnic University

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Head of Department

Department of Economic Cybernetics and Information Technologies 

Oleksii Dudnyk, Odessa National Polytechnic University

Postgraduate Student

Department of Economic Cybernetics and Information Technologies 

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2021-04-30

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Sokolovska, Z., & Dudnyk, O. (2021). Devising a technology for managing outsourcing IT-projects with the application of fuzzy logic. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2(3 (110), 52–65. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2021.224529

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (110) (2021): Control processes

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Control processes

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