Challenges in Developing a Performance Measurement System for the Global Virtual Environment

Abstract

The Air Force Research Laboratory, Warfighter Readiness Research Division, is continuously researching technologies to measure and track performance of knowledge and skills from an individual level to the command and control (C2) level, within both high fidelity distributed simulation environments and live training environments. This program initially developed a performance measurement system, the Performance Effectiveness Tracking System (PETS), which successfully captured the objective data necessary for Mission Essential Competency (MEC) evaluations, end-user performance feedback, simulator technology developer validation, and for researcher and program manager evaluation of training techniques and technologies. This report describes the preliminary testing of a new architecturally-structured performance measurement system (PETS), expanded to encompass the need for higher level measurement capabilities within multiple diverse virtual environments. This report describes the initial application of PETS within multi-player, multi-platform virtual exercises; discusses the lessons learned, and talks about the challenges faced in producing effective analysis of training results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA471908

Entities

People

  • Antoinette M. Portrey
  • Brian T. Schreiber
  • Loren B. Keck

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Simulations
  • Education
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Lessons Learned
  • Local Area Networks
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

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