International Defence Enterprise Architecture Specification (IDEAS) Coalition Operations Planning Architecture Data Exchange Military Utility Ideas 10 Sep – 14 Sep 07 London, England

2. Military Utility Contrast “as-is” way that Coalition Ops Planning is done with “to-be” Need to show relevant to procedures, tools, methods, … planners would actually use May not look like classic “architecture”

“As-is” We need to document how the Coalition Ops Planning scenario would be done today Manual? (paper, email, faxes, phone calls, meetings, …) Discovery of issues in the field (on-the-job interoperability)

“To-Be” Military Utility Scenario Visualization Environment Decision Environment “To-Be” Military Utility Scenario Relational DB Query Environment SQL Query OWL/RDFS DB Data Mining Environment RDFS Database IDEAS Data Exchange Format (RDFS)

How to compare? Process A Process B Activity 3 Activity 5 Activity 1

How to compare? Similarities in process flow … Process A Process B Activity 3 Activity 5 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4 Process B Activity 3 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4

How to compare? Differences in process flow … Process A Process B Activity 3 Activity 5 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4 Process B Activity 3 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4

How to compare? What about the information exchanged? Process A Activity 3 Activity 5 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4 Process B Activity 3 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4

How to compare? What about the information exchanged? Process A IE-03 IE-04 IE-05 IE-06 Process A IE-01 IE-02 IE-08 Activity 3 Activity 5 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4 IE-07 IE-09 IE-06 IE-07 IE-03 IE-04 IE-05 Process B IE-01 IE-02 Activity 3 IE-08 IE-09 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4

How to compare? Differences … What about the information exchanged? IE-03 IE-04 IE-05 IE-06 Process A IE-01 IE-02 IE-08 Activity 3 Activity 5 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4 IE-07 IE-09 IE-06 IE-07 IE-03 IE-04 IE-05 Process B IE-01 IE-02 Activity 3 IE-08 IE-09 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4

How to compare? TOOLS? Process A Process B Activity 3 Activity 5 IE-03 IE-04 IE-05 IE-06 Process A IE-01 IE-02 IE-08 Activity 3 Activity 5 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4 IE-07 IE-09 IE-06 IE-07 IE-03 IE-04 IE-05 Process B IE-01 IE-02 Activity 3 IE-08 IE-09 Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 6 Activity 4

Plan Mock-up some CA-US casualty mgmt process comparison displays (started): Highlight different processes, sequences, information flows, event triggers* Maybe side-by-side Post on IDEAS FTP site for review US review with Joint Forces Command Once OK, see what tool gets us close *truly different, names assumed aligned or mapped

International Defence Enterprise Architecture Specification (IDEAS) 10 Sep – 14 Sep 07 London, England