Scam alerts: we’ve seen an increase in scam texts and emails claiming to be from us, asking for payments.
Check our example scams or report a scam to us

NZTA App: our mobile app provides a simple and secure way to access your driver licence and vehicle information.
Learn more and download the NZTA app

Resources

Back to Resources

Multi-criteria analysis

Published: | Category: Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Advice and assistance, Local & regional government, Road controlling authorities

Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) is used to assess multiple criteria, both quantitative and qualitative, to compare different alternatives and options. The MCA process must be transparent, robust, repeatable and apply sound logic.

The MCA user guidance provides information about the MCA process, including roles and responsibilities, assessment techniques, criteria and scoring.

The MCA template and user guidance are available below.

Publication details

  • Author:
  • Published: April 2025
  • Version: 3

Guidance and template

Multi-criteria analysis: user guidance [PDF, 671 KB]

Multi-criteria analysis template [XLTX, 34 KB]

Introductory video

Watch a video (recorded in August 2020) that explains how to use the multi-criteria analysis (MCA) tool to evaluate quantitative and qualitative criteria.

IDMF assessment tools: multi-criteria analysis