Sustainability and National Security

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dardized format, listed in more detail below (DASA
CE 2010, 12).



  1. Develop the problem statement; define the ob-
    jective and the scope

  2. Formulate assumptions and identify constraints

  3. Document the current state (the status quo)

  4. Define alternatives with cost estimates

  5. Indentify quantifiable benefits and non-quanti-
    fiable benefits

  6. Define alternative selection criteria

  7. Compare alternatives
    a) Compare costs and benefits
    b) Define trade-offs and billpayers
    c) Identify second and third order effects (cause
    and effect)
    d) Perform sensitivity analysis and risk assess-
    ment

  8. Report results and recommendations
    A simple example would be a request that had
    pure quantifiable costs and quantifiable benefits so
    that the equation was straightforward and purely nu-
    merical. As one might expect, such a simple analy-
    sis is rarely the norm. Much more common are the
    requirements with complex considerations that are
    both quantifiable and non-quantifiable. Sustainability
    requirements can be captured in the quantifiable ben-
    efit category when they result in cost reduction, cost
    avoidance and productivity improvements. Howev-
    er, they also tend to encompass non-quantifiable ben-
    efits because of their far reaching impacts to soldier
    survivability and ecosystem health that are not easily
    assigned a dollar figure.

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