Mind the Gap: A Modeling and Simulation Gap Management Framework
Abstract
Modeling and simulation (M and S) capabilities continue to grow within the Department of Defense (DoD), including expansion into novel areas. This evolutionary process invariably exposes some capability shortfalls where the technologies, policies, and/or personnel resources are insufficient to meet all demands, creating "gaps" in the spaces ad-dressed by M and S capabilities. Several successful programs have established processes to understand these gaps and work towards their remediation. In recent years, there has not been an analogous DoD-level gap management frame-work, and nothing has existed to either provide an understanding of DoD-wide efforts in this area or to remediate emergent gaps. Instead, the DoD has relied on efforts and improvements made at the level of the M and S capability owner and user. This is a viable approach when the DoD use of the M and S capabilities is similar to original intent, but DoD-level adaptations often seek to extend M and S applications beyond those bounds. Additionally, a different class of gaps emerges when requirements at the DoD level dictate combining M and S capabilities in new ways to achieve a more complete representation of the full joint battlespace.This paper describes a new Defense Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (DMSCO) study for identification, prioritization, cataloguing, and remediation of M and S capability gaps with emphasis on those that impact M and S use at the DoD level. Current efforts to manage capability gaps that have proven valuable for other organizations are re-viewed to understand their keys to success.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1123133
Entities
People
- Anne Patenaude
- Frank Mullen
- Leigh Yu
- Robert Richbourg
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses