Betsy DeLong

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• Betsy DeLong
• DON VVA Program Manager
• OPNAV N6MT2
• [phone]
• DeLong.Betsy_at_hq.navy.mil

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OUTLINE

• Introduction
• VVA Program Activities
• Future Plans
• Summary

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DON VVA Program Introduction

• Develop, maintain, and disseminate DON VVA
  Policy, General Guidance, and Common Use Tools
• Centralized conduit for gathering, monitoring,
  and resolving DON community wide VVA issues
• Mediate joint VVA issues with DoD and other DoD
  components
• Provide individual program VVA technical support

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VVA Program Activities

• SECNAV Instruction 5200.40
• VVA Handbook
• VVA Turbo Tool
• VVA Technical Working Group Workshops
• DON Standards Group
• Community VVA Participation

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DON VVA Policy SECNAVINST 5200.40
Department of Defense INSTRUCTION NUMBER
5000.61 DoD Components shall Establish VVA
policies, procedures, and guidelines for MS
applications and their associated data. .
Secretary of the Navy INSTRUCTION NUMBER
5200.38 Department of the Navy Modeling and
Simulation Program guidance amplifies other
existing regulations which govern the design,
development, application and disposition of
software, including modeling and simulation
applications. .
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VVA Handbook

• Expands Upon SECNAVINST
• Provide Working Level Guidance for DON
  Practitioners
• From Prospective of Accreditation
  Authority/agent, Ms Proponent, and VV Agent
• Works in Concert With RPG
• In Final Stages of DON MS SSG Review Process

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VVA Turbo Tool

• Automated VVA Documentation Tool
• Future Goals Include Guided VVA Planning and
  Electronic Filing of VVA Reports

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VVA TWG Workshops

• Collaborative meetings
• VVA Program shares its on-going work
• DON Programs share their VVA experiences
• More Information Available on NAVMSMO web site
• http//navmsmo.hq.navy.mil

• Agenda Items
• PEO TSC VVA Instruction and Guidance
• CEC VVA Activities
• VVA Requirements Traceability
• Tomahawk VVA Activities
• National Defense Missile VVA Activities
• Demo of VVA Turbo Tool

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VVA Subgroup ofDON MS SSG

• Currently working to get VVA Handbook through
  DON MS SSG standards process
• Upcoming effort to adopt DMSO definition of basic
  VVA vocabulary
• Next subgroup meeting to be held in Washington,
  D.C. November 14, 2000

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Future Plans

• Training courseware
• Dedicated NAVMSMO page
• Increased involvement with Marine Corps
• Increased community outreach and education
• Build upon Handbook
• Field Turbo Tool

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Summary

• DON VVA Program draws from DoD and Industrial
  VVA communities to generate best policy,
  guidance, and tools to support DON