Coalition Interoperability Measurement Frameworks Literature Survey

Abstract

This paper is the report of a review of selected works that were referred to in a 2007 survey of methods to measure interoperability between military forces. It forms part of an effort to develop a framework for assessing interoperability in command, control, computers, and communications. The framework is being developed by the Joint Studies Operational Research Team, and is sponsored by Assistant Deputy Minister (Information Management). For the framework, the context of interest for interoperability was 5-Eyes (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States), at the strategic/operational level. The aim of this survey is to identify and describe any content of those papers that potentially contributes to the framework. The review was a limited success. The findings and recommendations are described in the Executive Summary. It was found that many of the papers concentrated on the Technical aspect of interoperability, some directly technical, some very abstract. A few addressed human, organisational and policy matters. Since the papers were all published no later than 2007, it seems likely that useful work has been done since. The field is complicated by a plethora of definitions of interoperability. The Four Aspects of interoperability as agreed by the CCEB are too restrictive and exclude some important factors. Strong recommendations of the reviewer are: that future work focus on the human, organisational and policy aspects of interoperability; that it include preparations for unforeseen operation with allied or partner forces that do not have the technical capability or cultural assumptions of the CCEB family, and also with other governmental, non-military international, non-governmental organisations and other potential actors in the contemporary battlespace / mission space; and that empirical and field research be undertaken as soon as possible, to take advantage of current operations whilst they are still current.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA551202

Entities

People

  • Philip Bury

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Systems
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • International Organizations
  • Language
  • Law
  • Literature Surveys
  • Military Communications
  • Military Organizations
  • Nato
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).

Technology Areas

  • Space