Army Program Value Added Analysis 90-97 (VAA 90-97)

Abstract

The Value Added Analysis (VAA) methodology is a decision support system that will assist decisionmakers in evaluating and prioritizing competing alternatives in the POM building process. The Value Added Analysis concept uses a family of models to measure an alternative's explicit (objective) contribution to the program as an incremental or decremental change to the current program base. A hierarchical assessment framework is used to develop an alternative's scores. This assessment framework is used to evaluate changes against the current program base as the consequences of program alternatives are considered. Value Added Analysis results in measuring an alternative's relative value in the context of a larger value system. This relative value is either used directly by decisionmakers or is fed into a mathematical optimization model which simultaneously determines an alternative's cost-benefit and conducts a tradeoff between alternatives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245880

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  • Robert R. Koury

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  • Center for Army Analysis

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  • C4I
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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Accuracy
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