1. DM CAT – NCDF Tiger Team 24/10/2016 meeting
Process Group results
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2. Objectives Identify NCDF process(es)
Improve understanding of NCDF boundaries
i.e. What is NCDF?
Initiate the NCDF demonstration project
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3. Strawman NCDF Organisation
Two tier organization structure
An Executive group that executes continuous processes/activities required to achieve to make NCDF effective
Project group(s), temporary structure, required to produce the desired change
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4. Strawman NCDF Organisation
Executive
Product
PID
Project
PID = Project Initiation Document
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5. Key Principles
NCDF requires a standing organization, processes, roles and responsibilities to fulfil the NCDF vision
NCDF will spin off projects, as required, to fulfil its objectives
Projects are the mechanism by which change is achieved
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6. Benefits The two tier organization structure:
Separates the continuous activities from temporary activities
Separates product delivery (short term activity) from benefit realization (long term activity)
Requires clear definition of project inputs and outputs
Ensures efficient allocation of NCDF resources
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7. What is NCDF? An Organisation Processes Resources
Executive group (DM CaT?), accountable to ??
Able to resource and spinoff projects as required to implement change
Processes
Resources
Including Advisors / mentors / SMEs
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8. Executive Processes Stakeholder Engagement Context Situation Awareness
IER Management
Solution Pull Through
See _NCDF_Org_Strawman.docx for process definition and detail
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9. NCDF does (Functions)
Provide the means through which stakeholders can effectively engage each other to address IERs
Provide the means through which stakeholders can initiate projects to resolve outstanding IERs in an effective and efficient way
Provide for effective control of initiated projects
Ensure the required products are delivered to the required quality
Position the resultant products appropriately so that they are implemented and used effectively
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10. NCDF is Governed By Executive Group
? TBD, probably determined by the NC3B
Need to determine authority that assigns the Executive Group role
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11. Executive Group Manages
Resources
Library of re-usable artifacts
Models
Transforms
IES(?)
Best Practice
NDR
SRM
Etc.
Registry (not a repository)
Stakeholder profiles
Context profiles
Linkage to COIs
Processes
Stakeholder Engagement
Context Situation Awareness
IER Management
Solution Pull Through
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12. NCDF Enables Cross COI information sharing Standards developers
System developers
Standards developers
Resources support repeatable approach
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13. NCDF Influences COIs Standards NATO / Nations FMN (indirectly MPE) NRF
Governance bodies ?
APP-XX (IES development process)
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14. NCDF is Influenced By NDPP C3B FMN APP-15
APP-XX (IES development process)
Operational Requirement Holder
Standardization Bodies
COIs
Technology
Tools
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15. Demo Project Brief Project Description
Elements of the IER: Enhance Shared SA by connecting MIP and FFT communities through a bi-directional information exchange.
References
STANAG 5527 RD1 Edition A
MIP4-IES RC2
SOI Native Track, under development
Objectives
Improve the Recognized Ground Picture
Improve the tactical picture (friendly forces)
Contribute to a repository of authoritative transforms
Assuming that the COI has already budgeted the work to be done, the cost of joining in this information sharing would be reduced. Cost savings start after the initial transforms have been developed.
Consistency of transformations across multiple implementations
Desired Outcomes
Improved information sharing
Support unanticipated future use
Improved decision making
Increased awareness of friendly force positions
Reduction in the potential for fratricide
Information can be transported across security boundaries
Scope
The ability to share friendly force information among coalition and external partners.
Exclusions
Legacy NFFI is excluded.
Constraints
Distributed team working across multiple time zones
CWIX FCC: 21 March 2017
Need system implementations validated by this date.
CWIX EXE: June 2017
Assumptions
Participation of simulated systems
Data is at the same classification level
Distributed test network
Target classification for the specifications
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Tolerances
Time:
Initial: 1 February /- 2 weeks
Final: 1 April /- 2 weeks
Quality: 90% of semantics +/- 10%
Cost: N/A
Scope: 10 simultaneous partners
Benefit:
Risk: waterfall vs agile development
Demo Project Brief
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16. Demo Project Brief Stakeholders DM CaT FFT CaT USA (TSOA) MIP DEU ACT
FMN
Interfaces (that must be maintained)
NCDF Pull through process
FMN CPWG Process
IER Harmonization Process
Test and Validation Processes
Outline Business Case
Product Description
Produce intermediate package specifications (1 model)
Including implementation guidelines
Business Rules
Platform agnostic
Produce related transform specifications (6 transforms)
Authoritative
Machine processable
Unambiguous
Agreed level of quality
Project Approach
Approach options:
FFT MTF > MIP4-IES Organisation > TSOA
FFT MTF > INTERMEDIATE > MIP4-IES Organisation
INTERMEDIATE > TSOA
Distributed development environment and team
Resources:
FFT SME
MIP4-IES SME
Modeling SME
NDR
SRM
APP-11D2, ADatP3 Baseline 15
Transformation specification syntax
Security Labeling specification
QA SME
Demo Project Brief
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17. Risks to NCDF Insufficient resources Technology churn
Lack of a champion
Lack of authority
Lack of appropriate stakeholder engagement
Limited access to authoritative sources (e.g. specs, standards, COI, etc.)
Incomplete implementation of NCDF organization and processes
Dependence on external resources (e.g. NDR, SRM)
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18. Way forward Complete marketing package (overview, Overarching Concept)
Technical Demonstration
CWIX 17
Establish the NCDF processes
Exercise all NCDF processes, completely
Select real world IER
Executive Group to provide the Project Initiation Document (PID, Prince2 derived)
Technical Event
Developer oriented
Operational Event
User oriented
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19. Recommendations Identify and empower the NCDF Executive Group
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