Decision Support for Installations of the United States Army: The Installation Status Report Part 1- Infrastructure

Abstract

This technical report provides closure to the Operations Research Center's (ORCEN's) work on the Installation Status Report, Part I- Infrastructure. This report is a follow on to Technical Report Numbers FY 92/91-1 and FY 93/92-1, prepared by Majors Frye and Harmon, respectively. This report also summarizes the information provided in the ISR, Part I- Infrastructure Field Test After Action Report, dated 18 November 1993, and the ISR Part I- Infrastructure & Part II-Environment Expanded Field Test After Action Report, dated 1 April 1995, both compiled by Major Trainor. The final form of the ISR approved by the Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) for fielding at all CONTUS installations is contained for historical reference in Appendix D. A copy of the decision briefing presented to the CSA is given in Appendix E. The Army secretariat identified a need to articulate the Army's infrastructure problems in a manner that decision makers throughout the chain of command could understand. The problem was that several, detailed engineering reports were used to evaluate infrastructure. These reports presented small bits of information that were difficult to tie together to present the "big" picture of true infrastructure revitalization needs. Hence, the Army could not form an effective infrastructure renewal strategy that complemented force and installation restructuring strategies. The development of the ISR by the ORCEN represents a systems engineering solution to an Army wide problem. The ORCEN defined the problem, performed a needs analysis, developed a system model, field tested and refined the model twice, and successfully briefed the model and test results through the key Army decision makers. Major David Frye tacked the problem definition and needs analysis of the Army's infrastructure dilemma.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 1995
Accession Number
ADA350394

Entities

People

  • Timothy E. Trainor

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Artillery
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Field Tests
  • Financial Management
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

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