Portfolio Analysis in the Context of the Concept Decision Process

Abstract

The primary purpose of the paper is to develop an approach to portfolio analysis in the Concept Decision (CD) process, which is an initiative from the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review to improve the early stages of the defense acquisition process. The paper guides, in a general way, future practitioners in undertaking CD Evaluations of Alternatives (EoAs). The basic structure of such analyses is to identify zero-net-cost changes to the appropriate portfolio that would result in improved capabilities to meet specified challenges. The approach to portfolio analysis presented in this paper is as applicable to the tasks of the Institutional Reform and Governance (IR&G) Capabilities Portfolio Managers (CPMs) as they are to the tasks of the CD Evaluation of Alternatives study directors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA477736

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  • Gene Porter
  • Jay Mandelbaum
  • Jerome Bracken
  • R. R. Kneece Jr.

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  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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