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...analyzing individual problems, Enthoven continued, the most difficult part is the treatment of uncertainties, such as determining the probability of a given situation actually occurring. For this he relies more on "slide rules and pencils" than on computers, Enthoven said...
Before McNamara, Enthoven said, there was a lack of coordination between the Pentagon's military planners and budget planners. In the past this had led to conflicting points of view between the two groups and prevention of "systematic rational ways of making choices," Enthoven explained...
McNamara reformed this situation with a five-year-plan which Enthoven calls "a powerful tool in integrating all points of view." The program approaches whole areas of defense planning as units, so that within one area a military force requirement automatically becomes a budget requirement...
Everyone involved in the decision process is aware of the objectives, assumptions, and study results of each program. "This is the best protection against error," Enthoven said. "McNamara's emphasis is on what's right, not who's right...
...basic objectives in defense planning, Enthoven said, are the minimization of damage to ourselves and our allies in case of enemy attack, and the insurance of adequate capacity to retaliate...