S1000D/SCORM Progress for Training Support Acquisition Data Standardization Initiative and the Pathways to Efficiencies Unpublished work © 2010 Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc AIA – Joint Service Tech Pubs Workshop Friday Technical Track Schawn E. Thropp Advisor, Technology Concurrent Technology Corporation 2011 AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop “Beyond Tech Data - Where Are We Going?"

Agenda Discussion Agenda n OSD/AT&L - Reduction of Total Ownership Costs (RTOC) Bridge Project Status Update (PoP ends ) n Thoughts on Acquisition n Review of Cost Savings Analysis – Institute for Defense Analyses 2011 AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop Premise - technical systems information related to documentation, job-task-analysis, training, assessments, etc is managed consistently, coherently and cost- effectively by an integrated set of standards.

Problem Statements 1. Training needs analysis inconsistently applied during acquisition (requirements output) 3. Training content tools not integrated into shared databases (API connections) 2. Technical data and training formats not aligned or linked (XML output) 4. Difficult to know all data associated to system changes (Life cycle management) Insurance Traceability Synchronization

Identified Gaps 2011 AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop

RTOC Bridge Project: Core Open Source Tools n S1000D Bridge Application Programming Interface (API) –Enables training development tools access to CSDBs. n S1000D Learning Content Editor: AIM and SCO Workbench –Enables courseware planning and organization; learning data module creation n S1000D Transformation Toolkit –Converts S1000D LDMs/DMs to SCORM, mobile & PDF n S1000D Bridge DM Life Cycle Management Service –Identifies all LDMs/DMs in a CSDB linked to a system change proposal 2011 AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop

S1000D Bridge API

Bridge API n Specified web service-based communication protocol –Expose a set of standard communication protocols for interface with a CSDB Mgmt System –Any application needing access to S1000D data – our focus has been learning content authoring tools n First draft of specification completed n Pursuing submission to OASIS –(under the PLCS Technical Committee?) 2011 AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop

Bridge API n Common general purpose “functions” –Connecting, disconnecting, searching, retrieving n Testing environments –Open Source - SCOWorkbench –Government - Navy’s Authoring Instructional Materials –Industry - Contenta & Corena n Status – Draft complete. In internal review. Public review wanted AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop

Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM) SCO Workbench

Authoring Instructional Materials (AIM) SCO Workbench n AIM – Navy content planning and instructor-lead training authoring tool (government-owned) –Building support for S1000D authoring Courseware structure Courseware requirements Courseware objectives n SCO Workbench – Tool for developing SCORM content (open source - –Building support for S1000D authoring Courseware training plans Courseware content Courseware assessments

S1000D Transformation Toolkit

n Open source S1000D Transformation Toolkit n Current transformation support –S1000D SCPM to SCORM rd Edition Content Packages –S1000D to Mobile Platform (Android, IPhone) –S1000D SCPM to PDF –Java-based toolkit –Documentation n Status – code and documentation available on SourceForge ( ) n Status – Mobile S1000D Bike Course available at AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop

S1000D Bridge DM Life Cycle Management Service

n Used to locate all DMs associated with a design change n Uses DMRL to create system tree view –Uses SNS for each node n Ability to select any node for targeted DM query n Demos at IDSI booth. n Location:

Concept of Operations n Littoral Combat Ship Mission Module Program: All technical publication and training content to be managed in a S1000D CSDB. –Current System –Description of System Change and Justification –Proposed System –Operational Scenarios n Development strategy – write at a high level for broad application n Status – In development 2011 AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop

Thinking About Training in Systems Acquisition: How Training Benefits from an S1000D-oriented Data Acquisition Process

How Training Benefits from an S1000D-oriented Data Acquisition Process 2011 AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop – Milestone A - Materiel Solution Analysis & Technology Development Phases Technical Development Strategy - RFPs – set specific ranking and acceptable performance criteria. System Performance Specs Functional Definitions Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis Fault Tree Analysis – traceability processes Reliability Centered Maintenance - Human Systems Engineering Life Cycle Sustainment Planning Key Performance Parameters Source Selection How does S1000D relate to the MS A systems acquisition processes? Insurance. We can insure that outputs from MS A resulting in technical documentation and training can be insured, managed and protected by S1000D.

How Training Benefits from an S1000D-oriented Data Acquisition Process –Milestone B – Engineering & Manufacturing Development Product Support Plan System Support & Maintenance Objectives Critical Design Reviews Product Support Elements –Training –Support Data Product Support Capability Demonstration How does S1000D relate to the MS B systems acquisition processes? Traceability - Documentation keeps up with developmental testing enabling agile traceability via XML between evolving systems and product support elements.

How Training Benefits from an S1000D-oriented Data Acquisition Process –Milestone C – Production & Deployment and Operations & Support Phases LRIP Test Results Configuration Modification Final Product Baseline Product Support Packages Life Cycle Sustainment How does S1000D relate to the MS C systems acquisition processes? Alignment. Ability to make baseline alignments between the configuration of the technical data products to the baseline config of the product design at the point of manufacturing.

S6000T – HSI/TNA

Cost Benefits Analysis Review The Bridge Project Cost Benefit Analysis Review Institute for Defense Analysis Link to complete IDA Cost Benefit Analysis: IDA_ADL_RTOC_S1000D_CBA_July_2010.pdf bit.ly/lRQrT AIA – Joint Services Technical Publications Workshop

IDA - Cost Benefits Analysis Review Production of Technical Manuals and Training Courses Current ProcessesBridge Content managementNon-integratedIntegrated OEM dataObtained in parallelObtained through one contract Data formatVariousCommon (industry S1000D specification) Data repositoryVariousCommon (CSDBs) Course developer authoring tools VariousVarious, but with Common link to CSDBs (API) Identification of data requiring modification by ECPs VariousSingle tool (Web Service)

IDA - Cost Benefits Analysis Review n Costs –Investment personnel cost of project –Implementation training tech writers and course developers to use the Bridge site licenses and user fees to maintain CSDBs n Benefits –Reduction in future cost of technical manuals and training courses –Improvement in shipboard readiness through timely delivery of information (parametric analysis)

IDA - Cost Benefits Analysis Review n Increased cost (fixed cost) –Drafting new business rules for integration –Converting content to new format and data repository –Altering staff workflows –CSDB seat license and maintenance n Decreased cost (variable cost) –Common data format (S1000D) and repository (Common Source Database) Greater efficiency through organization of technical and learning content Reduces time to collect and process related material Avoids duplication (acquisition and reuse) –API (Applications Programming Interface) Standardized data exchange with CSDBs –Web Service Reduced time to search content for ECP-ordered changes Improvements in readiness (parametric analysis, not presented here)

IDA - Cost Benefits Analysis Review n Driving metric: personnel hours to carry out content development and management tasks. n Estimated reduction in staff hours to produce 1 hour of Navy technical curriculum using Bridge: –From 426 hours to 360: (-66 or 15%) –Types of changes: finding data, sending data, reusing data. –Table E-1. Content Hours and Courses Delivered by NeL Totals Total instructional hours 1,6372,1962,2074,1243,3223,29216,778 With Bridge ,264 Less Hours

An finally…A quote The difference between a good “ restaurant “ and a great “restaurant is the sum of a lot of little things done well. “ Fernand Point – Father of modern French Cuisine

Thank you! Happy Integrating (and Cooking)! Wayne Gafford OSD/P&R/Advanced Distributed Learning Schawn Thropp Concurrent Technologies Corporation