1. Systems of Systems Center of Excellence Dr. William J. Reckmeyer Chief Systems Scientist (Systems of Systems Center of Excellence) Visiting Scholar (Stanford University – Center for Inter-national Security & Cooperation) Professor of Leadership & Systems (San Jose State University) reckmeyer@sbcglobal.net American Society for Cybernetics 2005 Annual Conference Washington, DC 28 October 2005 Systems of Systems Approaches in Public Policy-Making and Program Management

2. Systems of Systems Center of Excellence DoD Transformation Efforts

3. Systems of Systems Center of Excellence Symptoms of SoS Problems Ambiguous Boundaries Unbalanced Dependencies Unrecognized and Uncontrollable Resources Self-Organizing Behaviors Independent Components Cascading Interrelationships Recomposibility Requirements Sense of Inadequate Solution Sets ContextualComplexities Evolving Relationships Unexpected or Counterintuitive Behaviors

4. Systems of Systems Center of Excellence Systems of Systems Independent Components SoS Approach Integrated Capabilities

5. Systems of Systems Center of Excellence Systems of Systems Approach (Origins and Evolution)

6. Systems of Systems Center of Excellence Program Management Organizational Change Operations Engineering Resource Allocation National Strategy Logistics Acquisition Systems of Systems Approaches (DoD Application Domains)

7. Systems of Systems Center of Excellence Distribution Process Management Capability- Based Acquisition NASA Space Exploration Maritime Process Management Global Earth Observation US National Strategy Comprehensive Elder Care Homeland Security Systems of Systems Approaches (Variety of Topical Applications)