Assessing capabilities and risks in Air Force programming : framework, metrics, and methods / Don Snyder ... [and others].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Snyder, Don, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• United States. Air Force--Appropriations and expenditures.
• United States. Air Force--Procurement.
• United States. Air Force.
• United States. Air Force--Planning.
• Program budgeting--United States.
• Program budgeting.
• Risk assessment.
• Planning.
• Expenditures, Public.
• United States.
• United States. Air Force--Operational readiness.
• Risk assessment--United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 70 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.

Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction 1
• Chapter 2 Air Force Programming and Capability Assessments 5
• Current Air Force Planning and Programming 5
• Current Capabilities Review and Risk Assessment 9
• A Critical Review of Current Capabilities-Based Programming 11
• Chapter 3 Linking Programming Decisions with Capability Assessments 15
• Defining Capabilities for Programming 17
• Matching Resources to Capabilities 21
• Balancing Procurement and Sustainment Decisions 24
• Salient Resource Attributes for Procurement and Sustainment Decisions 31
• Attrition Rate 32
• Times for Procurement and Reconstitution 32
• Costs 33
• Chapter 4 Algorithms for Capabilities-Based Programming 35
• A Methodology for Capabilities-Based Programming 35
• Modeling Approach 36
• Structure of the Prototype Software 38
• Resource Demands 39
• Resource States and Attributes 40
• Optimization Modes 42
• Minimizing Costs 42
• Maximizing Capability 47
• Robust Programming 49
• Chapter 5 Applications to Policy Analysis 55
• Insights into Programming Policy 56
• Single-Scenario Set Cases 56
• Robust Programming 61
• Conclusions and Recommendations 65.

Notes:

• "MG-815-AF"--P. [4] of cover.
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 9780833046086
• 083304608X

OCLC:

316146173