An analytical framework and methodology for capability-area reviews is described, along with new tools to support capabilities analysis and strategic-level defense planning in the Defense Department and the Services. BCOT generates and screens preliminary options, and the Portfolio-Analysis Tool (PAT) is used to evaluate options that pass screening. The concepts are illustrated with applications to Global Strike and Ballistic Missile Defense. Recommendations are made for further defense-planning research.
Department of Defense (DoD) installations rely on the commercial electricity grid for 99 percent of their electricity needs, but extensive energy delivery outages in 2012 have reinforced that the U.S. electricity grid is vulnerable to ...
See Paul K. Davis et al., Portfolio-Analysis Methods for Assessing Capability Options (Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2009), chapter 2. Paul K. Davis, Analytic Architecturefor Capabilities-Based Planning, MissionSystem Analysis, ...
... R.D., Beck, J.: Portfolio analysis methods for assessing capability options. Rand Corporation, Santa Monica (2008) Dean, B.V., Nishry, M.J.: Scoring and profitability models for evaluating and selecting research projects. Oper. Res.
This report describes a methodology and prototype tool, the Building Blocks to Composite Options Tool (BCOT), for identifying good candidate options to use in investment analysis.
... “Wakeup Call: Canadian Sovereignty, Economic Concerns Increase as Russia Flexes Muscle in the Arctic,” Seapower 50, no. 10 (2007): 19–22; and Carl Ek and Ian Ferguson, et al., Canada-U.S. Relations (Washington, DC: Library of ...
Improved Methods for Resource Allocation Ahti Salo, Jeffrey Keisler, Alec Morton ... for this problem help determine which combinations of proposed projects or activities an organization 1 An Invitation to Portfolio Decision Analysis 7.
This monograph explores new ideas for analyzing national defense strategy, building on concepts that enjoy credence in the defense world while borrowing other concepts from the business world. It is...
Strategic planning is necessary if the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to carry out its border-security missions effectively and efficiently. As part of that, DHS leadership must define...
The uncertain nature of the terrorist threat is a fundamental challenge in the design of counterterrorism policy. To deal with this uncertainty, the author recommends a capabilities-based, portfolio approach to...
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has the responsibility for defining and sponsoring research and development (R&D) necessary to support both the current and future requirements of the Navy and Marine Corps.