Joint Capabilities and System-of-Systems Solutions

Abstract

Recognizing the need to succeed in a new multilateral, asymmetric threat environment, the Department of Defense has promoted a radical transformation in operations to promote agility and enhance responsiveness. The transformation process, as well as the resulting new order of operations, relies heavily on System-of-Systems (SOS) solutions to effectively bridge existing gaps in operations. To date, a pervasive and possibly detrimental assumption has dominated the program management arena: single-system level management tools and methods apply equally well to the acquisition of SOS solutions. This research questions the general assumption that single-system methods are effective in an SOS arena. Based on an empirical analysis by subject matter experts, this research begins to flesh out an analytical framework for understanding the resource requirements that will underpin SOS solutions for joint capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441769

Entities

People

  • Mary M. Brown
  • Rob Flowe

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Climate Change
  • Cold War
  • Configuration Management
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Logistics
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Program Management
  • Software Development
  • Statistical Analysis
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Systems Analysis and Design