Evaluation of Organisational Interoperabiity in a Network Centric Warfare Environment
Abstract
Recent trends and developments in operations mean that military organizations are increasingly being required to interoperate with a larger number, and wider range, of non-traditional partners. These include military, government and non-government agencies both national and international. At the same time, some military organizations are examining how they might best use the recent advances in information communications technology including the adoption of different approaches to warfare such as network centric warfare (NCW). The Organizational Interoperability Model (OIM) was developed for the evaluation of interoperability at the human-activity or organizational level. The opportunity has been taken to re-examine the model in light of the changes outlined above. In particular, this paper examines the suitability of the OIM for conducting evaluations in this wider context, and introduces a new version of the model. This paper also discusses the analysis of interoperability in individual organizations, starts to identify some potential stand-alone indicators and foreshadows the development of additional models based on the OIM.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA466532
Entities
People
- Gina Kingston
- Leoni Warne
- Suzanne Fewell
- Thea Clark
- Warren Richer
Organizations
- Defence Science and Technology Group