Investigation of a Graphical CONOPS Development Environment for Agile Systems Engineering - Phase 2
Abstract
Concept engineering, as addressed in this report, is the act of translating stakeholder needs into a operational concept (or CONOPS) for a product or system capable of satisfying the goals set forth by the stakeholder. This report summarizes the work performed in the second phase of research on development of an approach to use graphical and collaborative approaches to generating an operational concept for a new system. The goal of this research phase was to develop an initial set of primitives (or core terms) organized into a hierarchy (taxonomy) that is reusable when creating a collection of future scenarios for different domain. The initial approach taken was to decompose a well tested scenario, the Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Intelligence Gathering Scenario (NEO). The first step was to perform a cognitive task analysis of what was necessary to plan the scenario, and then to perform a decomposition of terms and concepts used in the scenario. This effort resulted in a number of insights being discovered, which advance the research to the next step. However, the NEO scenario was found wanting in complexity and information. In discussions with the sponsor of this research, it was recommended the team investigate a news agency as a more representative analog for this research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA545258
Entities
People
- Abhijit Deshmukh
- Ali Mostashari
- Anne Carrigy
- Deanna Kennedy
- Jon Wade
- Peter Korfiatis
- Robert Cloutier
- Sara Mccomb
Organizations
- Stevens Institute of Technology