IChart: A Tool For Visualizing and Managing Organizational and Force Structure Data
Abstract
The US Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Staff, Force Structure Directorate (J-8), along with the Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD(P&R)) put forth the Global Force Management Data Initiative (GFM DI) with the goal of developing a reliable and maintainable data source capturing Organizational and Force Structure Construct (OFSC) information. The Global Force Management Information Exchange Data Model (GFMIEDM) was developed to enable disparate systems throughout the DoD to share force structure, manpower, and equipment data. However, merely exchanging this data is of limited utility without accompanying tools that improve the DoD's ability to manage, assess, and display the worldwide disposition of U.S. forces. This paper describes a graphical, Java-based tool to display, create, edit manipulate, validate, and query an OFSC dataset. The IChart software architecture was intentionally built on a reusable foundation and divided into logical modules to allow it to be adapted for other uses such as command and control applications. This paper describes how IChart provides a visualization of OFSC data in a graphical tree structure to allow users to conceptualize snapshots of the force structure and chain of command hierarchies at a particular point in time.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA547388
Entities
People
- Frederick S. Brundick
- Josh Dehlinger
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory