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values of decision makers exist and should be extended in formulating an M&V portfolio
decision methodology.
4.6. Proposed Analytical Capability
4.6.1. The White Team
The complexity of the M&V problem requires a different analytical approach, one example of
which is the scenario framework described above. In turn, the complexity of that analytical
approach points to the need for a focused and sustained effort to develop and exercise the
framework, the bridging methodology, requirements and metrics. The recommended approach
is an analytically focused team sponsored by the appropriate government agency(ies), and
populated with technical and policy experts. This team is neither a “red team” nor a “blue
team,” but rather an independent and unbiased body, focused on a high‐level and
comprehensive analytical effort to tee up options for decision makers with a clear eyed
assessment of the pros and cons of each option. As such, the team should exist independently
of operational or acquisition organizations. It could and should, however, utilize findings,
analysis, and data from both red and blue teams. This team, which the Task Force labeled the
“White Team,” would have a charter that includes:
• Fully developing and stewarding the problem framework, a bridging methodology, the
associated strategic requirements, and metrics;
• Participating in test‐bed activities, providing data requirements to further analyses, and
specifying test cases;
• Presenting policy and acquisition options to implementing agencies for decisions;
• Working with trusted international partners to examine and exchange best of breed
strategies and architectures.
As steward for the problem framework and the bridging function, the white team must
integrate from the comprehensive understanding of the problem space to the pool of candidate
solutions. The white team should accomplish this through not only its own intellectual
endeavors, but also by working closely with a “Solution Provider Team,” comprised of
laboratories, contractors, research institutions, and academia, who together can provide a rich
set of candidate solutions. These are the organizations that should be at the forefront of
technologies, systems, and their integration into operations. The solutions provider team has
the charter of:
• Proposing technical and non‐technical solutions in response to strategic objectives and
requirements, as well as the focus for R&D when existing solutions are inadequate;
• Preparing performance analyses to serve as first pass component specific studies to feed
the White Team (the “ho‐ho” test);
• Working with trusted international partners to develop best of breed solutions.
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