Forecasting Methodology News Today

Meeting the Pentagons goals to invest efficiently in military capabilities calls for a methodological process hinging on five key elements: aligning strategies with tasks, understanding what drives military innovation, embracing specificity in problem-solving, preparing for an unknown future, and assessing technology investments for prioritization.

Innovation at RAND starts at the very cornerstone of our research: our methodologies. We continually evolve our approaches to research--and the methodologies that ground them--to keep up with the rapidly changing world around us.