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.

• ISBN13: 9780833049094
• ISBN10: 0833049097
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-01
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

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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