MAAP

The Mission Assurance Analysis Protocol (MAAP) is one of the assessments included in Mosaic. A MAAP assessment provides a systematic, in-depth analysis of the potential for success in distributed, complex, and uncertain environments and can be applied across the life cycle and throughout the supply chain. It produces a broad, yet detailed, view of a distributed project or process and provides a foundation for collaboratively managing the success potential of a project or process over time. With MAAP, an operational model reflecting the current state is first developed. The model is then analyzed to establish the probability of achieving key objectives as well as to identify any relevant risks and opportunities that can have an impact on the ability to achieve key objectives.

Mission Diagnostic Protocol

The Mission Diagnostic Protocol (MDP) is one of the assessments included in Mosaic. MDP provides a time-efficient means of analyzing the potential for success in complex and uncertain environments and can be applied across the life cycle and throughout the supply chain. It produces a broad overview of the current state of risk and opportunity for a project or process. With MDP, a set of key drivers is evaluated to establish current conditions and circumstances that can affect performance. Then, a simple algorithm is used to estimate the likelihood of achieving the objectives being pursued. An MDP assessment is straightforward to conduct, and it can be self-applied by people who are responsible for overseeing projects and processes.

Driver Framework

Approaches for managing program risk have traditionally relied on tactical, bottom-up analysis, which does not readily scale to distributed environments. Systemic risk management is an alternative approach for managing risk and starts at the top—with the identification of a program's key objectives. Once the key objectives are known, the next step is to identify a set of critical factors, called drivers, that influence whether or not the key objectives will be achieved. The set of drivers also forms the basis for subsequent risk analysis. This driver-based approach for managing systemic risk in programs that acquire or develop software-intensive systems and systems of systems features a framework for categorizing drivers and also provides a starter set of drivers that can be tailored to the unique requirements of each program.

Risk Management Framework

The Risk Management Framework documents the essential aspects of a good risk management practice. It specifies the core sequence of activities that must be executed when performing risk management as well as the essential outputs or results. The framework also specifies activities to prepare for risk management as well as to sustain and improve the risk management practice over time. The risk management framework will be released in Fall 2009.