Measuring Agility

Abstract

21st Century mission challenges are Complex Endeavors with a complex mission, a complex environment, and a complex self. There is no "one size fits all solution" to accomplishing the functions that our community associates with Command and Control; different approaches are appropriate for different situations. The Command and Control (management, governance) of an entity is different from that of efforts to focus a Collective (complex self) and converge on a set of shared objectives. In Complex Endeavors, the relationship between the two is critical. Agility is not just a desirable capability, it is an Imperative. More network-enabled approaches are more Agile. What do you mean by Agility? How do you apply the concept of Agility to C2/M/G/F&C? How can we visualize and measure Agility? Does the evidence support the following assertions? Different approaches work best in different situations. More networked-enabled Approaches are more Agile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA546875

Entities

People

  • David S. Alberts

Organizations

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

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  • Abstracts
  • Cognitive Complexity
  • Command And Control
  • Communities
  • Cybersecurity
  • Efficiency
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Operations
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Networks
  • Standards
  • Tool Kits
  • Websites

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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