1. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 1 Sample Template Community of Interest (COI) Steering Committee Kick-off Date: POC:

2. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 2 Purpose of the COI Community of Interest: A collaborative group of users that must exchange information in pursuit of its shared goals, interests, missions, or business processes and therefore must have shared vocabulary for the information it exchanges. - DoD Directive 8320.2 Describe what information sharing problem this community will address (preferably in a single sentence)

3. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 3 COI Membership Describe key members / stakeholders Should be Joint –Across relevant Military Services, Agencies and Combatant Commands) –Could include non-DoD government agencies, coalition partners, and commercial partners Should include: –Operators and Users –Resource Managers & Program Managers –Engineers –Subject Matter Experts Membership: All producers and consumers of information relative to this COI are welcome and encouraged to participate.

4. Sample COI Governance Structure WGs Additional Working Groups as needed Executive Board (FO/GO) Chair or Co-Chair 2 or 3 star level 1 star level Chair with 0-6/GS-15 membership Develop repeatable process to demonstrate COI products (e.g, COI vocabulary) Leverage core enterprise services Execute as risk reduction for next Pgm of Record (PoR) spiral Steering Committee Forum (Chair or Co-Chair) Joint Implementation Working Group (Appropriate Lead/Co-Lead) Define & implement high level COI capability roadmap and schedule milestones Stand up Pilot WG as needed Synchronize COI products with existing processes (e.g., JCIDS, Acquisition, PPBE) Mission Area & Domain Portfolio Managers Data Management Working Group (Appropriate Lead/Co-Lead) Develop shared vocabulary for a given problem area in accordance with the DoD Net- Centric Data Strategy Promote & review COI activities Resolve cross-COI discrepancies Ensure appropriate participation Act as primary COI POC Track milestones & success criteria Pilot Demonstration Working Group (Appropriate Lead/Co-Lead) May be collapsed

5. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 5 Pilot Purpose One sentence that describes the increment of COI information sharing to be addressed by the pilot in 9-12 months.

6. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 6 Pilot Scope 1.What programs of record or other sources will advertise data as a web-service IAW the agreed COI vocabulary? 2.Will value-added services will be demonstrated? If so, which ones? 3.What network(s) will be used to demonstrate net-centric capabilities? 4.What joint exercise(s) or venue will be used to demonstrate net-centric capabilities? 5.What organizations are participating? Operational representatives from data consumer organizations Engineers and acquisition representatives from data producer organizations Etc.

7. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 7 Scope of the Data Management Working Group Task to Support the Pilot The Data Management WG will develop the community vocabulary that is necessary to support the COI pilot.

8. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 8 COI Pilot POA&M High-level Graphic with dependencies, decision points, and final demonstrated illustrated. Kickoff COI Stand up WGs Select Pilot Capabilities Plan Vocab Defined Interim Pilot Capability 1 st COI Anniversary Services Inventory 2 nd Steering Committee Meeting 3rd SC Meeting 4th SC Meeting O&M Plan Integrate Pilot into Ops Potential Agency Budget Inputs

9. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 9 Discovery Use Case COI MDA DS COI – Data Producers NAIS AMRS Infrastructure: NCES SOA Foundation DHS Consumers Data Sharing SOA Foundation HSIN Portal HSIN Identity Store (Portal Authentication) Defense Online Portal NCES Service Discovery NCES Security Service Navy Afloat Volpe DHS DOD DOD Consumers Content Discovery NCES Federated Search

10. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 10 COI Resources Identify resources required to conduct the pilot. Identify resources broken out by program of record that provides the resources (as a technical risk mitigation effort), and DoD or non-DoD Component that owns the program. Identify resource shortfalls, impacts, and risk mitigation efforts.

11. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 11 COI Pilot Metrics Metrics to assess pilot return on investment (ROI) Resources as well as net-centric capabilities and agility Consider what is convincing to “seniors” Some ideas: #1Changes and impact to Programs of Record (POR) involved in the COI Pilot #2Initial and incremental costs of web service interfaces to advertise Program of Record (POR) data #3User assessment of demonstrated net-centric capabilities #4Feedback on ease of use and adoption of NCES pilot services #5Level of effort to agree on initial COI vocabulary

12. A Net-Centric DoD NII/CIO 12 Reference Links The DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy http://www.defenselink.mil/cio-nii/docs/Net-Centric-Data-Strategy- 2003-05-092.pdf Data Sharing in a Net-Centric DoD, DODD 8320.2 http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/832002.htm Guidance for Implementing Net-Centric Data Sharing, DOD 8320.2-G http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/832002g.htm DoD Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS) and DDMS Schema http://metadata.dod.mil/mdr/irs/DDMS/ COI Resources http://www.dod.mil/nii/coi/