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A delicate balance : portfolio analysis and management for intelligence information dissemination programs / Eric Landree ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence service--United States.
- Intelligence service.
- Intelligence service--United States--Management.
- Project management.
- Program budgeting.
- United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (65 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This description of the application of the RAND Corporation's 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction: The Basics of Portfolio Management; Applications of Portfolio Management for the National Security Agency Information Sharing Services Division; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO - The RAND PortMan Method; Expected Value; Metrics; Value and Risk Estimation; Portfolio Analysis; CHAPTER THREE - PortMan Evaluation of the NSA ISS Portfolio; ISS Project Descriptions; Questions for Evaluating Value and Risk Metrics; Consensus Analysis
- Analysis of Value, Risk, and Portfolio BalanceCost Analysis; Research and Development Que; CHAPTER FOUR - Conclusions; APPENDIX A - Project Descriptions; APPENDIX B - Research and Development Questions; APPENDIX C - Operations and Maintenance Questions; APPENDIX D - Delphi Exercise Results by Project and Question; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-4944-5
- OCLC:
- 593354959
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