Agile Decision-Making as an Alternative for Decision Making’s Complexities in Information Management to Flood Rescue and Recovery: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

There are several decision-making complexities that must be addressed in information management of flood rescue and recovery. All of these complexities lead to several complications, such as slow rescue operations, a rise in the number of victims, and numerous other flaws. As a result, in order to accomplish optimal decision making, the "agile concept" must be adopted. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the complexities faced by decision makers and identify the factors of agile decision making for an enhanced effectiveness of information management in flood rescue and recovery. 79 relevant articles published between 2014 to 2023 have been collected to go through systematic literature review. It includes the previous studies of complexities for information management in flood rescue and recovery Next, the findings showed that there eight significant factors of agile decision making that can enhance information management effectiveness in flood rescue and recovery. The factors are integrated collaboration, virtual knowledge, data quality, leadership role, person abilities, cost allocation, community engagement and real time data. The findings of this study further show that agile decision making can be alternative for reducing complexities of decision making by enhancing effectiveness of information management in flood rescue and recovery. The results of this study can be used as the fundamental to develop an effective model of agile decision making to enhance information management in flood rescue and recovery.