Portfolio-analysis methods for assessing capability options / Paul K. Davis, Russell D. Shaver, Justin Beck.
This monograph presents and illustrates in some detail an analytical framework and methodology for defense wide capability-area reviews and describes new enabling tools to support capabilities analysis and related trade off work within the Department of Defense and the military Services. The Buildin...
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Glossary of Terminology; Chapter One - Introduction; Objectives; Structure of This Monograph; Chapter Two - Background: The Capabilities-Development Process; Context: DoD's Capabilities-Development Process; Problems with the Current Process; Historical Successes in Capability Development; Past Recommendations and Recent Changes; Chapter Three - A Framework and a Generic Terms of Reference; What Should a Capability-Area Review Accomplish?; Elements of the Generic Analytic Process
- Chapter Four - Tools to Enable the FrameworkSystems Engineering, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis,and Experiments; Capability Models; Generating and Screening Candidate Options; Portfolio-Analysis Tools; Tailoring Analysis for Different Contexts; Chapter Five - A Notional Example: Global Strike; Defining Global Strike; Defining a Parameterized Scenario Space for Global Strike; Defining CONOPS and Critical Componentsfor Global Strike; Identifying, Evaluating, and Comparing Global StrikeOptions; Summary Results for Cost-Effectiveness Comparisons; Illustrative Conclusions for Global Strike
- Chapter Six - A Second Example: Ballistic Missile Defense Defining Ballistic Missile Defense Missions; A Parameterized Scenario Space for BMD; CONOPS and Critical Components; Framework for Portfolio Analysis; Shortfalls, Opportunities, and Surpluses for the BMD Program; Identifying, Evaluating, and Comparing BMD Options; Chapter Seven - Conclusions and Next Steps; Conclusions; Next Steps; Appendix A - Joint Capability Areas; Appendix B - Implications for Systems Engineering and Modeling and Simulation; Appendix C - RAND's Portfolio-Analysis Tools; End notes; Bibliography