편집사설 : 국가연구개발사업 예비타당성조사 제도의 평가방식에 대한 연구: 매력적 품질이론의 적용 가능성에 대하여

Purpose: This paper discusses the intrinsic assumption of one-dimensional relationship between the upperand lower levels in AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) for the Preliminary Feasibility Study of National R&DProgram. This assumptions has not been questioned in academia and industry so far. Methods: This discussion is induced by understanding the Theory of Attractive Quality (Kano et al. 1984 and explains the limitation of AHP in the preliminary feasibility study of national R&D program. Results: In this paper, we propose a new questioning method based on two dimensional perspective, whichis named as 2D-AHP (two dimensional AHP), to overcome the limitation. The main idea stems from the observationthat the relationship between the upper and lower levels in AHP can vary depending on the subjectof R&D. Conclusion: The two dimensional perspective pointed out in this paper should be more deeply studied inthe field of MCDM(multi-criteria decision making) since it can be applied to the more general problems inhuman decision making.