Capabilities for Joint Analysis in the Department of Defense: Rethinking Support for Strategic Analysis

Paul K. Davis

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: United States Department of Defense;    Capabilities Based Planning;    Exploratory Modeling;    Wargaming;    Decisionmaking;   

DOI  :  10.7249/RR1469
ISBN  :  9780833095480
RP-ID  :  RR-1469-OSD

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has long had broad capabilities for joint analysis, whether for planning future forces or supporting field commanders during current challenges. DoD is envied by other government agencies for its analytic capabilities and processes. Nonetheless, issues have arisen. This report stems from a congressional request for an independent report about DoD's capabilities for joint analysis and ways to improve them. Congressional concerns largely involved the activity called support for strategic analysis (SSA). In 2011, the director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense's (OSD's) Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) disbanded campaign-modeling and reduced CAPE's participation in the SSA activity, weakening SSA significantly. This report is largely about SSA and how and whether to revise it.