C2 in the Joint Task Force (JTF) Enterprise

Abstract

Command and control (C2) comprises those policies (rules) and mechanisms (services), implemented through human and synthetic means, required for the effective governance of an enterprise. An enterprise is an arbitrary unit of organization tasked with governance of a mission. We present an enterprise command and control (EC2) framework designed to provide DOD enterprises, exemplified by a Joint Task Force (JTF), with shared network-accessible C2 services. A JTF is DOD s designated unit of organization responsible for mission-specific joint operations. JTF EC2 includes a precise definition of enterprise, an associated enterprise command structure (ECS) and a specific set of control processing services (CPS). The proposed framework is consistent with the DOD's stated goal of migrating to network-centric (i.e., GIG-mediated) operations (NCO). In support of collaboration in jointly managed activities, agile JTF enterprises benefit from service oriented capabilities along their vertical command (accountability) axes and along their horizontal production (logistics) axes, allowing them to support a wider range of NCO functions while simultaneously participating in and influencing behavior of multiple communities of interest (COIs).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463448

Entities

People

  • Donald Diggs
  • Jay Bayne

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Detection
  • Event Detection
  • Game Theory
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Task Forces
  • Unified Combatant Commands

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control