Reports from the Field on System of Systems Interoperability Challenges and Promising Approaches

Abstract

This report identifies challenges and some successful approaches to achieving interoperability in systems of systems. Although systems of systems and their interoperability challenges are not limited to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), this report is based on the challenges and successes reported in interviews with various DoD personnel, with assurances of anonymity for those interviewed. Reported challenges and problems far exceeded the number of successes. Reported successes with interoperability typically involved the following: (1) key individuals who had the knowledge, experience, and determination to ensure systems successfully interoperate in particular environments of use in the field; (2) systems incrementally developed and evolved, with continual integration incorporating tests for interoperability issues as they are discovered; or (3) systems of systems of smaller scope, constructed and fielded outside of the usual DoD acquisition program model. The information presented in this report does not necessarily represent the opinions of the author or the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA522575

Entities

People

  • Carol A. Sledge

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • National Security
  • Software Development
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Software Engineering.