WORKSHOP 1: What is a Capability System Model ?
Abstract
In the current Defence acquisition system, the Capability System is described principally in the text-based Capability Definition Documents (CDD) set of documents, which are provided to potential prime contractors through a formal tendering process. Tenderers are required to digest the CDD in order to propose system-level solutions to the Materiel System. Tendered solutions are assessed by the customer for compliance with the CDD (as well as with other terms and conditions of the tender). This text-based process is often perceived as inefficient, with a high likelihood of errors. One way to overcome these shortcomings would be to use an MBSE approach to pass Capability System models across the contractual interface and integrate them to the Materiel System models included in the tendered solutions. In an MBSE-supported system acquisition, however, the Materiel System is treated as a black box with its internal functions being subsequently defined by the tenderers in the solution space (presumably in a different way by each of the tenderers). To that end, the Capability System Models developed by the customer would treat the Materiel System as a single entity in order to show how it would be operated and supported in the operational environment. These Capability System Models would then be passed across the acquisition boundary so that tenderers can show how their tendered Materiel System model performs in the context of the Capability System Model.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA621945
Entities
People
- Michael J. Ryan
Organizations
- University of New South Wales