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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220153103321

Titolo

A delicate balance : portfolio analysis and management for intelligence information dissemination programs / / Eric Landree ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009

ISBN

0-8330-4944-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LandreeEric

Disciplina

353.1/72380973

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States

Intelligence service - United States - Management

Project management

Program budgeting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.