A PROCESS TO SCORE FUTURES COMMAND R&D EFFORTS AND PROVIDE A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL TO SELECT AND EVALUATE THOSE EFFORTS
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Authors
Brooks, Paul A.
Cox, Brad D.
Firmature, Brandon J.
Gillum, Jennifer L.
Holcomb, John M.
Horn, Kevin M.
Obrien, Steven H.
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value
metrics
project portfolio management
research and development
privatization
research on research
metrics
project portfolio management
research and development
privatization
research on research
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Dillard, John T.
Hagan, Joel J.
Beery, Paul T.
Stewart, Joyce B.
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2020-09
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Sep-20
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Army Futures Command (AFC) manages technology development projects in response to identified threats. These projects support future Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) capabilities, which are diverse in duration, cost, and technical requirements. The potential outcomes range from software upgrades to revolutionary concepts in vehicle or weapons technology. AFC must evaluate each program annually to determine priority and funding levels for recommendation in the Program Objective Memorandum (POM). AFC does not currently have a methodology in place that is capable of scoring projects based on their potential future impacts. This project develops a methodology and common metrics to score diverse technology development projects, and the methodology will provide a decision tool to support AFC POM submission. Due to the complexity of the decision-making model, as well as limits in time and available information, this project develops the methodology up to the point of demonstrating its function with simulated data. Taking these factors into consideration, this project does not perform validation and testing.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States