Digital Hive Project: Prototyping a Collaborative Web Portal for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Community

Abstract

Information is currently being produced at a volume and velocity that surpasses the ability of individuals to make full use of it within a given time constraint a condition known as information overload. Advances in technology, namely the Internet, have exacerbated information overload at all military commands. At the operational level especially, leaders are unable to receive adequate timely information necessary for complex problem solving and decision making. Thus, they satisfice with the limited time and modicum of information they have when making important decisions. The issue addressed in this capstone project is how the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) community can cope with information overload, especially in complex and turbulent environments when up-to-date information is critical to its mission success. Using a design methodology, members of the EOD community developed a Web 2.0 prototype website to aid in the processing and management of information. The results to date suggest great potential for improving information processing and management when using the website.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA607851

Entities

People

  • John J. Hayes

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Community Of Practice
  • Computer Networks
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Knowledge Management
  • Mesh Networks
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • United States Africa Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Economics
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.