Towards Quantifying the Benefits of NEC
Abstract
The UK places Network Enabled Capability (NEC) as one of its highest priorities for future investment in research, acquisition and people. A recent Defense White Paper states that the continued transformation of UK forces is dependent on exploiting the benefits of NEC. Analysis and experimentation has a key role in helping UK MOD to identify: 1) where will NEC deliver most benefit to defense; 2) what can be traded off to pay for it; 3) what changes are required to processes, equipment, training etc, to deliver the desired transformation. Analytical support is being provided in three main ways: 1) Knowledge-mining previous work on quantifying the value of information. NEC as a coherent concept is new, but many of its elements have been under analysis for the last few years. 2) Influencing ongoing studies and experiments to include NEC options in their analysis; 3) Providing decision support to the MOD acquisition communities from a benefits-led perspective. This activity is helping the MOD to identify the high level benefits that could be achieved in delivering NEC. This paper provides examples of the types of benefits that are being identified and quantified and the methods that have been used in deriving them.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA463984
Entities
People
- Alison Parr
- Georgia Court
Organizations
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory