A Delicate Balance Portfolio Analysis and Management for Intelligence Information Dissemination Programs
by Landree, Eric; Silberglitt, Richard; Chow, Brian G.; Sherry, Lance; Tseng, Michael S.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-12-01
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary
This description of the application of the RAND Corporation1s PortMan portfolio analysis and management method and Delphi consensus-building method for the National Security Agency (NSA) Information Sharing Services (ISS) division highlights how these methods enable the data-driven analysis of project portfolios and the allocation of research and development (R&D) and operations and maintenance (O&M) resources according to value, risk, and cost.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. iii |
| Figures | p. vii |
| Tables | p. ix |
| Summary | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Abbreviations | p. xix |
| Introduction: The Basics of Portfolio Management | p. 1 |
| Applications of Portfolio Management for the National Security Agency Information Sharing Services Division | p. 2 |
| Organization of This Monograph | p. 4 |
| The RAND PortMan Method | p. 5 |
| Expected Value | p. 5 |
| Metrics | p. 6 |
| Research and Development Programs | p. 6 |
| Operations and Maintenance Programs | p. 7 |
| Value and Risk Estimation | p. 7 |
| Portfolio Analysis | p. 8 |
| Consensus | p. 8 |
| Risk Versus Reward | p. 9 |
| Cost Analysis | p. 11 |
| PortMan Evaluation of the NSA ISS Portfolio | p. 13 |
| ISS Project Descriptions | p. 13 |
| Questions for Evaluating Value and Risk Metrics | p. 14 |
| Research and Development Questions | p. 14 |
| Operations and Maintenance Questions | p. 14 |
| Consensus Analysis | p. 15 |
| Analysis of Value, Risk, and Portfolio Balance | p. 15 |
| Cost Analysis | p. 20 |
| Conclusions | p. 27 |
| Appendixes | |
| Project Descriptions | p. 29 |
| Research, and Development Questions | p. 31 |
| Operations and Maintenance Questions | p. 35 |
| Delphi Exercise Results by Project and Question | p. 41 |
| Bibliography | p. 43 |
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