A Human-Centered Command and Control (C2) Assessment of an Experimental Campaign Planning Tool

Abstract

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and the Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) developed a suite of decision support tools to enhance the capability of commanders and staffs to plan and execute effects-based campaigns. The complex environments in which commanders and staffs must operate brings in other elements besides military issues such as political, economic, social, information, and infrastructure (PMESII). In order to better assess, understand, and explore the relevant and important issues across these operational dimensions, DARPA and JFCOM have developed the Conflict Modeling, Planning, and Outcomes Experimentation (COMPOEX) program tool suite to support the commander and staffs (Corpac, P. S.; Frisbie, K.; Saur, J.; Gingrich, J. R. Integrated Battle Command Experimentation: Evaluating Transformational Concepts and Cutting Edge Technology in an Operational Environment. Command & Control Research & Technology Symposium; CCRTS: San Diego CA, 2006). Across the development of this tool suite, multiple limited objective experiments (LOEs) were conducted to test and assess the progress and effectiveness of one or more of the tools. This report describes the LOE addressing the Campaign Planning Tool Light (CPT L) and its results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA600518

Entities

People

  • Craig Schreiber
  • Jeffrey T. Hansberger

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognitive Workload
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Consistency
  • Environment
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Military Research
  • Network Science
  • Networks
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social Networks
  • Social Psychology
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

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