Quantitative Capability Delivery Increments: A Novel Approach for Estimating and Assessing DoD Future Network Needs
Abstract
While Joint network enabled operations promise the DoD benefits in terms of improved force agility and effectiveness, these also pose significant challenges for decision makers faced with the job of identifying major gaps and the potential contribution of investment alternatives. Traditional analysis methods based on information exchange requirements have been found to be resource intensive, time consuming, and often limited by the experience of the supporting subject matter experts who are unable to anticipate either the situations that might arise or the manner in which new capabilities and business processes might evolve over time. This paper proposes a new but complementary approach for estimating future demand for network capability based on the premise that aggregate demand for network capability is driven by trends in communication devices used to access the network. The paper describes the Quantitative Capabilities Delivery Increments (QCDI) demand model developed to meet DoD's need to project future network demands of military units.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA525248
Entities
People
- Craig M. Burris
- Dan Gonzales
- David T. Signori
- Heather Schoenborn
- Isaac Proche
- Jimmie G. Mcever Iii
- Stephen Sudkamp
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University