TY - BOOK ID - 15303911 TI - Portfolio-analysis methods for assessing capability options AU - Davis, Paul K. AU - Shaver, R. D. AU - Beck, Justin. PY - 2008 SN - 9786611736453 083304589X 0833042149 9780833045898 9780833042149 1281736457 0833044850 0833044753 9780833044853 661173645X 9780833044754 PB - Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, DB - UniCat KW - Counterinsurgency. KW - Military planning. KW - Military planning KW - Strategy KW - Military Science - General KW - Military & Naval Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Strategy. KW - Military strategy KW - Counterinsurgency KW - Information technology KW - Military intelligence. KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. KW - Technological innovations KW - Government policy KW - Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism, 2001-2009 KW - Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) KW - Terror War, 2001-2009 KW - Terrorism War, 2001-2009 KW - War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - Military history, Modern KW - Terrorism KW - World politics KW - Afghan War, 2001 KW - -Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 KW - -Information warfare KW - Intelligence service KW - Deception (Military science) KW - Counterguerrilla warfare KW - Guerrilla warfare KW - Insurgency KW - Prevention KW - Military art and science KW - Military doctrine KW - Afghan War, 2001-2021 KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15303911 AB - This monograph presents and illustrates in some detail an analytical framework and methodology for defense wide capability-area reviews and describes new enabling tools to support capabilities analysis and related trade off work within the Department of Defense and the military Services. The Building Blocks to Composite Options Tool (BCOT) is used to generate and screen preliminary options, and the Portfolio-Analysis Tool (PAT) enables users to evaluate in a portfolio-analysis structure those options that pass screening. Variants of the methods can be applied for analysis across capability areas ER -