Product Description: This companion to "Toward Affordable Systems: PortfolioAnalysis and Management for Army Science and Technology Programs" (Brian G.Chow, Richard Silberglitt, and Scott Hiromoto, Santa Monica, Calif.: RANDCorporation, MG-761-A, 2009) describes the continued development anddemonstration of a method and model to incorporate lifecycle cost into theportfolio analysis and management process for U...read more

Product Description: Together this and two companion monographs demonstrate a method, model, and simulation that the U.S. Army can use to analyze and manage portfolios at any stage of the research and development process.This monograph expands and applies RAND's portfolio analysis and management (PortMan) method to address the problem of selecting Army engineering and manufacturing development projects in order to develop affordable systems...read more