Spring 2006 Simulation Interoperability Workshop

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Spring 2006 Simulation Interoperability Workshop
Army Night 4 Apr 06 Mr. James Wallace, Mr.
Frank Schwartzenburg HQDA G-3/5/7 Battle Command,
Simulation, and Experimentation Army Model and
Simulation Office [phone],
www.amso.army.mil James.wallace_at_hqda.army.mil,
Frank.schwartzenburg2_at_hqda.army.mil
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Welcome Intro
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Purpose

• Update BCSE/AMSO MS Management
• Update on Army MS Standards Program
• Information on Geospatial Issues and Standards
  Work from NGA
• Interaction with Participants at Army Night

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Agenda
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AMSO MS Management
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Army MS Standards Program
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Army MS Standards ProgramWay Ahead

• Presentation at Army Night
• IEEE SISO Spring 06 SIW
• 4 April 06

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Background

• AR 5-11 prescribes policy and a high level
  strategy for the Army MS Standards Program.
• Army Modeling and Simulation Modeling Office
  (AMSO) responsibilities include the establishment
  of standards (AR 5-11)
• The Army senior leadership is part of the
  development and approval process for MS
  Standards (AR 5-11)
• A standard is defined as a rule, principle, or
  measurement established by authority, custom, or
  general consent as a representation or example.
  (AR 5-11)
• MS Standards are developed and adopted from
  industry, academia, other government agencies and
  DoD efforts.
• FCS has requested support from the Army standards
  program.
• MS will support BC with the implementation of
  C2IEDM as a standard in MS.
• The new standards strategy is a continuation of
  revitalizing the Army MS Standards program to
  become more effective.

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Problem Statement
The Army is not realizing the benefits to be
derived by leveraging Standards and Best
Practices in MS development and use.
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Problem Description
The Army MS Standards Program is not optimized
for success.

• Management Shortfalls
• Resource Issues
• Impacts of technology on standards
• Promotional Gaps

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Proposed Solution

• Revise the Army MS Standards Strategy
• to enable success.
• Streamline standards processes
• Incorporate best practices
• Leverage DoD and commercial resources
• Improve collaboration
• Periodic reporting and assessment

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New Strategy Guiding Principles

• 4. Align with DoD MS Focus Areas
• MS Tools
• MS Data
• MS Services
• Open to Army-wide participation
• 6. Comply with DoD Standards
• 7. Include Best Practices

• Support the MS Framework
• Modeling Methodology
• Development Methodology
• Data/Information Technology
• Computation Capability
• Support the Army MS Strategy
• Integrated Architecture
• Common Services
• Data Strategy

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New Strategy Key Elements

• Army MS Standards Working Group (WG) structure
• Annual Program evaluation and report
• Work with Army FACTs, MS Domains, and major
  programs (i.e., FCS) to identify needs, promote
  standards, and share best practices
• Establish priorities near, mid and far-term.
• Collaborate with other Service, DoD and Joint MS
  user and developer communities
• Comply with the Defense Standards Program (DSP)
  and DoD IT standards registry (DISR)
• Adopt commercial or other developed standards
  whenever practical
• Maintain a standards process for nomination,
  developing standards and standards requirements.

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MS Standards Working Group Structure
Army MS GoSC
Army MS CoC
Army MS Standards Coordinator
Standards Best Practices Working Groups
MS Services
MS Data
MS Tools

• NOTES 1. WG members are Subject Matter
  Experts (SMEs) in MS
• 2. SMEs would also come from major
  programs like FCS.

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MS Standards Coordinator

• Manages the Standards Program
• Recommends input to policy
• Updates Army MS leadership
• Chairs the Working Groups
• Army focal point to the Army, Service DoD and
  coalition organizations on standards issues
• The Army representative to DOD and Service MS
  Standards WGs, the Defense Standards Program
  (DSP) and the DISR

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MS Standards Working Groups

• Provide
• Subject matter expertise on technologies,
  processes, and functional areas that are key to
  MS development and use within the Army
• Recommendations for aligning Army MS standards
  program and strategy with DoD MS program and
  strategy.
• Technical expertise in the review and
  dissemination of MS standards and best practices
• Access to a network of functional experts, to
  include centers of technical and/or procedural
  excellence
• Identify, develop and nominate MS standards and
  best practices
• Promote MS standards and best practices

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Link to DOD MS Standards Program

• DoD web-based/web enabled tool to manage and vet
  MS standards documents for joint, DoD and
  multi-service use.
• AMSO providing Army requirements reviewing
  specifications
• Automated links from DoD tool to both the DSP and
  DISR
• Provide an Army-only process and repository for
  unique Army standards.
• The new DoD web-based MS standards tool will
• Improve access to and visibility of Army
  standards
• Improved coordination and collaboration among MS
  users and developers
• Link service and joint standards
• Improve ability to propose, discover and adopt
  MS standards and best practices

Note DoD will fund the new DoD web-based MS
standards tool
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Summary

• The proposed changes to the Army MS Standards
  Program
• Addresses major elements of the Army MS Strategy
  and links to the DoD strategy and focus areas
• Will provide broader coverage and coordination
  across the MS community
• Will develop priorities near, mid and long-term
• Complies with and leverages the DoD Standards
  Program and Defense IT Registry (DISR)
• Will increase emphasis on best practices.
• Supports the Army MS Standards Program Vision
  and Goals

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Way Ahead Draft Steps and Time Line

• Actions and timeline to implement the proposed
  new Strategy
• 29 March Conduct telecom for initial discussion
  of new strategy
• 4 April Present new Standards Strategy at Army
  Night (Spring SIW)
• May 06 Brief senior leadership.
• Jun 06 Conduct telecoms and initial workgroup
  meetings
• July 06 Draft supporting management plans and
  details for the new strategy to include support
  to net-centric strategy
• August 06 Conduct workshop with WG

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Army MS Standards Program Issues/Focus Areas

• Geospatial Data and Standards
• Army G-3 US-JC3IEDM Implementation Plan
• DoD Standards Vetting Process
• Army MS Standards in the Army Section of the
  DISR
• Standards Support to the JNTC LVC-IA and the
  Development of a new Joint FOM
• Standards Support to Major Programs like FCS
• VVA assistance IAW Best Practices
• Standards for the Future
• Data strategy and standards in support of
  Net-Centric Strategies and Operations

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Questions?
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Army Geospatial Presentation
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NGA Presentation
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Back-up Slides
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Army Use of DOD Integrated MS Standards
Process (7-Step)
DMSO as the MS Lead Standards Activity for the
Defense Standards Program, in conjunction with
the Services, is developing a common process and
supporting tool to vet standards for both Service
only and DoD use. The AMSO has been provided the
Army MS requirements to DMSO through the AMSO
Standards Coordinator which included comments
from the SCC review. This requirements
document for this process will be formally
staffed by DMSO in Feb/Mar 06 for official Army
concurrence. Approval by the Army is expected
and the Army will use the process for Army only
standards as well as for visibility and comment
on DoD proposed standards. DMSO is defining any
standard involving two or more services or a
joint organization as a DoD standard.
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MS Standards WGs Use of the Draft DOD Integrated
MS Standards Process

• The proposed Army MS Standards WG
• structure will use the DOD Integrated MS
• Standards Process to
• properly vet proposed standards
• develop, identify and adopt new standards
• support the 13 critical ST areas to achieve
• transformation of operations, training,
• analysis, and Experimentation through the
• creative application of MS
• Without an organized approach such as WGs to vet
  the Army and other standards in the process, an
  uncoordinated ad hoc approach may prevent a
  proper vetting. Some standards will require
  exact expertise which would be supported by the
  SME membership in the MS Standards WGs.

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Assumptions

• The revised AR 5-11, the Army MS Master Plan and
  the MS Roadmap will promote a relevant and more
  integrated standards program.
• AMSO will continue to manage and revitalize the
  MS standards program in support of Army, DoD and
  Multinational Interoperability as prescribed by
  OSD and national strategy. (Technology and Policy
  simultaneously)
• Appropriate resources and time will be budgeted
  for success of the MS standards program.
  (Specific examples are C2IEDM, Geospatial
  Standards, Data Standards and Metadata Standards)
• Support and integration with particular programs
  and systems such as Battle Command and FCS will
  remain high priority for work in MS standards.
• Specific guidance and decisions will result in
  some long term guidance for the Army standards
  program strategy and roadmap.
• Standards strategy and guidance will be
  integrated more into SMART as a way to increase
  standards integration into the acquisition and
  PEO/PM communities.
• Standards are common algorithms, components,
  processes, components.
• Standards are integrated into the MS community
  products, processes, architecture and services
  currently. More integration and awareness of MS
  standards is needed in the Army MS community of
  developers, users and science and technology.
• Improving the standards program remains a key
  Army MS goal.

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Future MS Standards

• Net-centric in conjunction with Information
  Operations (IO), SOA and other technologies will
  be part of the new environment that standards
  must build and support.
• Building for future standards in a new way.
• Some standards may not be done in the same way
  in the future.
• Data strategy combined with search engines and
  technology will allow the incorporation of new
  ways to find and use data for models.
• The development and use of meta data and meta
  data standards will impact standards
• Some of the use of standard file formats (STF)
  may be replaced by common interface data models
  such as C2IEDM.
• Data models, such as C2IEDM, combined with
  exercise data interchange standards and exercise
  data transfer formats will be incorporated into
  the MS data strategy
• MS Architecture may be driven more by data
  strategy and standards to support
  interoperability through common plug and play
  software supported by tools operated by the user.
  (increased model composeability)

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Vision and Goal for the Army MS Standards
Program

• Vision Improve the development and utilization
  of Army MS through the use of standards and best
  practices
• Goal Encourage development, adoption, and use
  of MS standards and best practices that are
• Interoperable
• Reusable
• Credible
• Shared

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Vision and Goal for the Army MS Standards
Program

• Vision To support the development, utilization
  and promotion of MS standards for the Army and
  DoD for
• improving the capability to develop and conduct
  analysis, operations, training, acquisition, and
  testing. standards.
• Goal Develop standards that are
• Interoperable
• Re-useable
• Shared Across the Community
• Credible

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Army MS Standards Process