Interoperable Acquisition for Systems of Systems: The Challenges

Abstract

Large, complex systems development has always been challenging, even when the "only" things a program manager had to worry about were cost, schedule, and performance within a single program. The emergence of operational concepts such as network-centric operations, greatly expanded use of joint and combined operations, and rampant growth in system complexity has led to the prevalence of interoperable systems of systems as the preferred solution to providing operational capability. This report explores how systems-of-systems realities necessitate changes in the processes used to acquire, develop, field, and sustain operational capability. Interoperable acquisition is defined, and key concepts are explored through an analysis of some of the ways in which traditional (i.e., system-centric) acquisition approaches can result in problems when applied to a system-of-systems context.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA461385

Entities

People

  • D. M. Phillips
  • James D. Smith Ii

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Risk Management
  • Software Development
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design