The Use of Collaborative Planning Tools to Speed the Crisis Deployment Process
Abstract
The reduction of forces assigned overseas has led to an increased reliance on the deployment of forces from the continental United States (CONUS). The current joint deployment planning process is inefficient and does not match the capabilities of U.S. transportation resources. To facilitate changes to the deployment process, senior leadership has set a time standard for development and validation of a TPFDD within 72 hours for the first seven days of a crisis. Part of improvements to the deployment process needed to meet the 72-hour time standard will be the use of a collaborative planning tool for deployment planning. There are several tools available for this purpose and some collaborative tools are currently used in defense intelligence organizations. Within the last 5 months, initial assessments of deployment collaborative planning have been conducted. The results of these assessments show that the technology exists to conduct collaborative deployment planning; however, the greatest challenge to the operational implementation of a collaborative planning tool will be overcoming communication, service-centric, and command-centric issues. In the last analysis, the people and not the technology will decide whether collaborative planning and the attainment of the 72-hour time standard will be possible.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA430850
Entities
People
- John M. Delapp Jr
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology