| Article ID: | iaor2002815 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 5 |
| End Page Number: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Journal: | Military Operations Research |
| Authors: | Craine John W., Shumaker Michael R. |
To help make tough choices about Joint Warfare, C4ISR, Resources, and Readiness, the Department of Defense (DoD) spent the first six months of 1997 focused on what kind of military America needs. What role should military force play in world affairs? What programs, policies, and technology are needed? How do we pay for them? These are just a few of the many questions that Operations Research helped answer. This article takes the reader behind the scenes to find out how Navy approached the first QDR and learn which analytical efforts were brought to bear to support Navy's participation. Plans for addressing the next QDR conclude this look at analysis-based decision making.