Managing Risk in USAF Force Planning
The U.S. Department of Defense is currently shifting funding from future investment programs to cover urgent war needs, accepting some increase in future risk in order to reduce risk in the near term, and this tension between current and future operational priorities is likely to worsen. To effectively manage risk across possible missions and between today and tomorrow, senior Air Force leaders must make difficult decisions. This monograph seeks to provide the Air Force with a framework to structure their deliberations, connect them to supporting staff and expert inputs, and communicate their decisions to a broader audience. It describes a risk-management process that would help senior Air Force leaders to (1) focus planning on the most salient threats, (2) gain greater clarity on the risks associated with alternative courses of action across multiple futures, (3) maintain a sense of the persistent uncertainties associated with any policy choice, and (4) effectively communicate their judgments about risk to key audiences.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Pages: 256
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- ISBN/EAN: 9780833046307
- Document Number: MG-827-AF
- Year: 2009
- Series: Monographs
Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
An Analytic Framework and Risk Scorecard to Support Strategic Force Planning
Chapter Three
Defining Alternative Futures
Chapter Four
Defining Packages of Policy Options for Risk Analysis
Chapter Five
Assessing Strategic Risk
Chapter Six
Conclusion
Appendix A
Some Relevant Concepts from Formal Risk Analysis and Assessment
Appendix B
Balanced Scorecards and Risk Scorecards
Appendix C
Analytic Tools for Integrating Measures of Risk Across Futures
Appendix D
Taiwan Strait Example Exercise
Appendix E
Solomon Islands Example Exercise
Appendix F
The Parade of Terribles and Threat Taxonomy
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