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Delicate Balance : Portfolio Analysis and Management for Intelligence Information Dissemination Programs.
Title:
Delicate Balance : Portfolio Analysis and Management for Intelligence Information Dissemination Programs.
Author:
Landree, Eric.
ISBN:
9780833049445
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (65 pages)
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 -- Research and Development Programs -- Operations and Maintenance Programs -- Value and Risk Estimation -- Portfolio Analysis -- Consensus -- Risk Versus Reward -- Cost Analysis -- CHAPTER THREE - PortMan Evaluation of the NSA ISS Portfolio -- ISS Project Descriptions -- Questions for Evaluating Value and Risk Metrics -- Research and Development Questions -- Operations and Maintenance Questions -- Consensus Analysis -- Analysis of Value, Risk, and Portfolio Balance -- Cost 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.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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