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Symposium > Sensors and Environment
Investment Strategies and Operational Analysis
The Investment Strategies (IS) technical area team is concerned with
understanding the benefits and direction of planned and future technology
investments by the government. Responsibilities include capturing information
on trends in technology investments, understanding the challenges associated
with investment decisions, and improving MITRE's abilities to support
technology investment studies. The latter includes methods and tools for
investment analysis, as well as supporting data bases. Presently, the
IS technical area team is researching the following broad areas: information
technology investments, militarily critical technology investments, and
aviation technology investments.
Linking Integrated Architecture Analysis and Investment Portfolio Selection
Elaine Goyette, Principal Investigator
Location(s): Washington
Problem
Over the past several years, the DoD has redefined and restructured many of its business processes to make its transformation a reality. With these processes, steps are now in place for DoD to implement its newly established portfolio management policy. One step is still missing: that of linking integrated architectures with the management of IT investment portfolios.
Objectives
The overall objectives of this research are to link integrated architecture modeling and performance analyses directly to the latest analytical methods and models used to identify optimal investment selection options. We will gain a deeper understanding of how architectures and executable analysis methods that are linked to investment analysis can move our sponsors toward a true capability-based decision-making environment.
Activities
We will first investigate what architecture artifacts and toolkits are being used and how they are used. Next, we will develop a general method and use the generic process, method, and model to test our analytic approach. We will then conduct a sponsor case study with a spiral approach.
Impact
This work will provide a robust analytical foundation for capability- and architecture-based portfolio investment decisions. It will link objective performance metrics developed via an executable architecture to the same architecture within an investment portfolio optimization process, and demonstrate the value of architectures in a decision-making context. It will influence architecture model vendors to consider enhancements based on lessons learned and create transition opportunities.
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