Key Dimensions of Command and Control Approach IAMWG Discussion Sept. 8, 2004
Create analyses (consistencies, mapping to applications and goals) Assessment Create awareness Create analyses (consistencies, mapping to applications and goals) Communicate Acceptance Establish Goals Create interests (goals) Communicate/articulate (ourselves, others) Inconsistencies, conflict, properties Gain acceptance (awareness, shared awareness, understanding, agreement, and commitment) Establish Approach (methods) Create metrics Allocate resources (incl. assessment of resources) Feasibilities Risk Goals Approach Assessment Execute Real world
Characteristics of the Problem Situation Simple Complex Wicked
Create Goals Authoritative Source: informal, merit, formal, negotiated … Structure: hierarchical, decentralized, fully distributed … Negotiated Voting Collaborative Emergent (tacit)
Articulate/Communicate Goals Degree of Explicitness Granularity, rationale, context, reliance on doctrine Degree of Documentation Dissemination Approach Broadcast, “chain,” links, selective/consistent Temporal Horizon Frequency None (tacit)
Create Approach Authoritative Source: informal, merit, formal, negotiated … Structure: hierarchical, decentralized, fully distributed … Negotiated Voting Collaborative Emergent (tacit)
Articulate/Communicate Approach Degree of Explicitness Granularity, rationale, context, reliance on doctrine Degree of Documentation Dissemination Approach Broadcast, “chain,” links, selective/consistent Temporal Horizon Frequency None (tacit)
Gain Acceptance Authoritative Source: informal, merit, formal, negotiated … Structure: hierarchical, decentralized, fully distributed … Negotiated Voting Collaborative Emergent (tacit)
Essential Dimensions of C2 Approach Constraints (“Allowances”) Allocation of Decision Rights Explicit Implicit Patterns of Interactions Distribution of Information Ownership Access Dynamics across purpose Dynamics across time
Uniformly Distributed Unitarily Distributed Broad Dissemination Distribution of Information Tight Control Fully Distributed Pattern of Interaction Fully Hierarchal Uniformly Distributed Unitarily Distributed Distribution of Decision Rights
Uniformly Distributed Unitarily Distributed Classic C2 Broad Dissemination Edge Organizations Distribution of Information Tight Control Fully Distributed Pattern of Interaction Fully Hierarchal Uniformly Distributed Unitarily Distributed Distribution of Decision Rights Classic C2
Uniformly Distributed Unitarily Distributed Broad Dissemination Distribution of Information Tight Control Fully Distributed Pattern of Interaction Fully Hierarchal Uniformly Distributed Unitarily Distributed Distribution of Decision Rights