Premium
1.2.1 Development of an Exploratory Computer Model for Acquisition Management of System‐of‐systems
Author(s) -
Ghose Shayani,
DeLaurentis Daniel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2009.tb00936.x
Subject(s) - agile software development , computer science , systems engineering , interoperability , pace , system of systems , process management , software engineering , engineering management , engineering , systems design , geodesy , geography , operating system
The Department of Defense (DoD) has placed a growing emphasis in recent years on the pursuit of agile capabilities via net‐centric operations. In this setting, systems are increasingly required to interoperate along several dimensions. Yet, the manner in which components of these “system‐of‐systems” are acquired (designed, developed, tested and fielded) has not kept pace with the shifts in operational doctrine. Acquisition programs have struggled with complexities in both program management and engineering design. This paper presents a classification of underlying complexities in the acquisition of system‐of‐systems and describes a conceptual model that exposes the connectivity between systems, requirements, and externalities throughout the acquisition lifecycle. Implementing this model in an exploratory computer simulation highlights the relationship between requirement dependencies, risk profiles of the project and management parameters like span‐of‐control of SoS engineers and managers. The objective of the simulation (which remains under development) is to allow acquisition professionals to develop intuition for procuring and deploying system‐of‐systems, providing a venue for experimentation to develop insights that will underpin successful acquisition of SoS‐oriented defense capabilities.