1. RDIT READINESS METRICS FOR FORCE XXI SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND MR. JOSEPH J. POTOCZNIAK DSN: 992-0532 COM: (908) 532-0532 E-MAIL: potoczni@doim6.monmouth.army.mil morfogen@doim6.monmouth.army.mil

2. OVERVIEW REPLICATION –MEDIA TYPE –RESUPPLY OF SOFTWARE –MAPS DISTRIBUTION –DOCUMENTATION INSTALLATION TRAINING TRACKING FIELDED SOFTWARE RDIT READINESS MEASURES RDIT RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

3. REPLICATION COTS/GOTS THROUGHPUT CAPABILITY OF EQUIPMENT COST OF EQUIPMENT TIME TO REPLICATE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION EXISTING USABLE FACILITY OR PROCESS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

4. REPLICATION (CONTINUED) IDENTIFICATION OF SOFTWARE –CPIN –NSN LABELING –STANDARD FORMAT & LOCATION TOTAL COST TO REPLICATE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

5. MEDIA TYPE FLOPPY DISKS MAGNETIC TAPES CD/ROMS FIRMWARE HARD DISK DRIVES NUMBER REQUIRED PER SYSTEM COST OF MEDIA PER UNIT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND COST TO FILL SUPPLY SYSTEM TIME TO FILL SUPPLY SYSTEM RESUPPLY – DIRECT SUPPORT – MAINTENANCE

6. RESUPPLY OF SOFTWARE COST/TIME TO RESUPPLY TO THE SOLDIER EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER IN PLACE? EMERGENCY RESUPPLY REQUEST PROCEDURES IN PLACE? USER RESUPPLY INSTRUCTIONS IN DOCUMENTATION? SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

7. MAPS DIGITAL MAPS GENERATION CAPABILITY: –CD-ROMS –MAGNETIC TAPES –BIT FORMAT ~4 BITS ~24 BITS –PAPER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

8. DISTRIBUTION TIME IN DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS TO REACH THE USER SECURITY CLASSIFICATION TYPE PACKAGING REQUIRED COST TO DISTRIBUTE INTEROPERABILITY COORDINATION SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

9. INSTALLATION TIME TO INSTALL CONTACT TEAM REQUIRED? SYNCHRONIZED COORDINATION NECESSARY? SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

10. DELTA TRAINING CLASSROOM DOCUMENTS (SELF INSTRUCTION) VIDEO TAPE INTERACTIVE SATELLITE INSTRUCTION COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

11. TRACKING FIELDED SOFTWARE UNIT’S VERSION OF SOFTWARE BEING USED MULTIPLE VERSIONS IN FIELD INTEROPERABILITY THREAT SOFTWARE (TABLES) SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

12. RDIT READINESS MEASURES TIME PROCESS RESOURCES SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

13. RDIT READINESS METRICS TIME –SOFTWARE TRANSMISSION (COMMERCIAL) –COURIER PROCESS –CLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION –WORLDWIDE WEB DISTRIBUTION PROCESS –COMMANDER ACCEPTANCE PROCESS –INTEROPERABILITY CHECK –VERSION VALIDATION BBS PHONE EMERGENCY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

14. RDIT READINESS METRICS (CONTINUED) –PROCESS (CONTINUED) –OPERATIONAL DOWNLOADING –MAINTENANCE DOWNLOADING –INTEROPERABILITY DOWNLOADING RESOURCES –EQUIPMENT/STAFFING ~DIRECT SUPPORT STAFF SUFFICIENT? ~DIRECT SUPPORT DOWNLOADER MISSION ACCEPTED? ~TRAINING ON DOWNLOADING EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE? GIVEN? SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

15. RDIT READINESS METRICS (CONTINUED) RESOURCES –SOFTWARE CONTACT TEAM AVAILABLE? –TEST BED IN PLACE FOR VALIDATION OF REPLICATED MEDIA –DOWNLOADING FIRMWARE –REPLICATION EQUIPMENT IN THEATER CD/ROMS FLOPPY DISKS SECURITY DOWNLOADERS SATELLITE DOWNLOADER VOLUME PRODUCTION SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

16. DOCUMENTS FOR PLANNING AND GUIDANCE ORD (OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT) RFP SOW (CONTRACTS) ILSP (SECTION 2.6) CRLCMP (SECTION IV) –SOFTWARE TRANSITION PLAN –SOFTWARE FIELDING PLAN –DELTA TRAINING PLANS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

17. RECOMMENDATIONS RDIT METRICS MUST BE APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE ACQUISITION LIFE CYCLE RDIT METRICS MUST SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THE CUSTOMER, IDENTIFY ISSUES, ENCOURAGE PLANNING, AND MONITOR PROCESSES SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND

18. SUMMARY SOFTWARE LOGISTICS METRICS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE SOFTWARE ACQUISITION LIFE CYCLE BASIC RDIT METRICS ARE EVOLVING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE - CECOM RD&E CENTER US ARMY COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS COMMAND