IT Project manager selection review

Information Technology (IT) project success is a research topic that has received attention of academics and practitioners, at least, in the lasted two decades. The selection of an IT project manager with the right skills and competencies is critical to the IT project success. Selecting the best IT project manager among many alternatives is a multicriteria decision making (MCDM) problem. This paper presents a comprehensive literature review of the applying MCDM techniques in IT project manager selection problem. Also, it provides an overview on various criteria used. While there are a few chapters or sections in different books related to this topic, we have not seen any comprehensive review papers or book chapter that can cover it. We end our review paper with recommendations for future research. This paper provides useful insights into the MCDM method and suggests a framework for future attempts in this area for academic researchers and practitioners.