Choosing by Advantages for the Selection of a New Member of the Project Team

Abstract

The construction industry works through projects; each project needs people who make its realization possible, and these people relate to each other, forming work teams. Thus, there is an important relationship between the projects and the team members of a construction project, who must be selected based on competencies that allow them to satisfactorily perform their role in the project and thus contribute to the project's success. This research aims to provide a systematic approach while also providing decisionmakers with best practices by demonstrating the application of the Choosing By Advantages (CBA) system tabular method in selecting a member of the project team. To this end, the research begins with a bibliographic compilation to consolidate the main factors that allow us to choose a new member of the project team. Later, the team is trained in the CBA system. The choice is determined by applying the Tabular CBA method to support a collaborative virtual platform and a remote communication program. Finally, the team decided and chose the new member to be part of the project team in the Project Control area.

Reducing Bias in the Hiring Process Through Choosing by Advantages: A Case Study

“…["I hope he/she participates in the interview…, I perceived a lack of interest"]. In addition, taking as a reference a previous documented experience ( Paucar-Espinoza et al, 2021), it was shown that the face-to-face use of the CBA method was more beneficial than its virtual use. Social aspects play an important role in the decision-making process (Martínez et al, 2016), even more so if the objective is to minimize bias.…”

“…Suhr (1999) developed CBA, and it has been adopted in the Lean Construction community mainly for design and construction decisions. For example, Paucar-Espinoza et al (2021) used CBA for selecting a new team member; however, their study did not consider bias mitigation strategies.…”

“…Step 02: Define the factors The team conducted a brainstorming session to define the factors for the selection, considering the Lean Construction Professional Profile (LCPP) (Pavez &Alarcon, 2007 andPaucar-Espinoza et al, 2021) and the context of the project, listing 11 factors.…”

“…This increase has been driven by demands for more collaborative project organizations and transparent decision-making processes due to the synergy of CBA with other agendas such as improving sustainability and safety and by a growing need to incorporate multiple factors into the decision-making process. Although CBA has been applied in several types of decisions; it has focused on design (Arroyo & Long, 2018;Perez & Arroyo, 2019;Sahadevan & Varghese, 2019;Schöttle et al, 2019Schöttle et al, , 2018, with only one study in the literature on its application in personnel selection for a new member of a construction team (Paucar-Espinoza et al, 2021).…”