Army Digitization Master Plan (ADMP)

CHAPTER 6 - MANAGEMENT

The ADO is responsible for the management and coordination of the Army's digitization effort. To accomplish its assigned mission, the ADO is organized in four functional teams as shown in the chart below:

Figure 6-1

6.2 Responsibilities

6.2.1 Integration Team

Integration Team

As the Operations cell for the ADO, the Integration Team is responsible for coordination of Army digitization policy and strategy. It also serves as the principal integrator of digitization policy within the Army and coordinates with agencies external to the Army.

Within the Army, the Integration Team coordinates digitization strategy with the Louisiana Maneuvers Task Force (LAMTF) and Army Major Commands (MACOMs) in support of the Force XXI modernization effort. It serves as the primary interface with the Army Secretariat, Army Staff (ARSTAF), MACOMs and Army agencies on digitization policy and strategy matters. The Team also coordinates the integration of digital capabilities within Advanced Technology Demonstrations (ATDs) and Advanced Warfighter Experiments (AWEs).

External to the Army, the Integration Team is the primary coordinating arm for the ADO on all matters concerning Joint and Allied digitization strategy and policy. The integration team also prepares all Congressional correspondence, digitization briefings and organizes conferences for the Director.

With respect to industry, the Integration Team investigates proposed Battle Lab and commercial technologies that have impact on the digitization effort. It also provides information to industry on the major thrusts of digitization.

The Integration Team compiles and maintains a list of all issues/requirements identified as part of the digitization process. There also are many other fora to identify issues and problems requiring resolution. As issues are identified in the Digitization Council of Colonels/Captains, the Horizontal Technology Integration General Officer Working Group (HTI GOWG), and the periodic review with Program Executive Offices (PEOs)/Program Managers (PMs), any issues/problems requiring resolution will be added to the issue tracking process. In addition to internal Army processes, the ADO participates in several Joint fora such as the Military Communications and Electronics Board (MCEB). Any issues relating to Joint matters will be surfaced in this forum. Joint issues are not only addressed in the Digitization Council of Colonels/Captains, but also by two star representation from all Services at the HTI GOWG. These issues are evaluated, prioritized, and assigned to an organization or agency for resolution. The Team verifies that identified issues are being adequately addressed and resolved.

Finally, the Integration Team creates and maintains policy documents. Most important of these is the Army Digitization Master Plan (ADMP) which provides the roadmap for future digitization efforts. It also coordinates the Digitization Master Schedule, which integrates the schedules of major Army systems and technologies that have a direct impact on the digitization of Force XXI.

6.2.2 Requirements and Evaluation Team

Requirements and Evaluation Team

The Requirements and Evaluation Team supports the Army digitization axis by coordinating user requirements, test, evaluation and experimentation issues for the digitized battlefield. This process involves liaison with Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and the ARSTAF to define and resource user requirements and coordination with the materiel developers, combat developers and the test and evaluation community to validate hardware and software items identified to satisfy those needs. The Team is responsible for supporting the Joint Venture axis of the Force XXI campaign plan by monitoring and coordinating battle command digitization issues for the Brigade Task Force XXI, Division XXI and Corps XXI Advanced Warfighting Experiments (AWEs) and supporting exercises.

Specifically, the Team is responsible for monitoring the development and approval of requirements documents that impact battlefield digitization. The current requirements documents include: the Horizontal Integration of Battle Command Mission Needs Statement (HIBC MNS), the Army Battle Command System Common Operating Environment/Common Applications Operational Requirements Document (ABCS COE/CA ORD), and the Force XXI Battle Command - Brigade and Below Operational Requirements Document (FBCB2). The Team is the ADO's point of contact for all requirement s documents that affect the Army digitization effort.

The Requirements and Evaluation Team interfaces with the test and evaluation community to develop the methodology to ensure sufficient analytic rigor exists to justify procurement decisions. This requires close coordination with Headquarters, TRADOC to determine what operational performance objectives are important to meet in various AWEs. As such, the team represents the ADO on the Analysis and Experimentation Planning Group (AEPG) which is responsible for developing a coordinated, consolidated evaluation plan for major experiments. The Team is a major player in the development of the digitization Experimentation Master Plan (EXMP), a document similar to a Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) that articulates the methodology to meet Task Force XXI AWE objectives. The EXMP will be updated to reflect remaining issues to be addressed during both the Division XXI and Corps XXI AWEs.

An additional area of responsibility is integration of modeling and simulation into the analytic and experimentation framework. The Team monitors the ongoing development of the Synthetic Theater of War (STOW) model and ensures upgrades are made to existing command, control and communications models/simulations.

Other areas of involvement include participation in various Force XXI process action team meetings for AWEs, LAMTF Synchronization Working Group meetings, C3I models and simulation, and Distributed Interactive Simulation standards committees. The Team also monitors Battle Lab digitization initiatives and availability of modernized and digital equipment in the Experimentation Force (EXFOR).

6.2.3 Acquisition Team

Acquisition Team

The Acquisition Team is responsible for resource management, acquisition planning oversight and the streamlining of the acquisition process in support of the Force XXI digitization effort. The Acquisition Team recommends, maintains and updates planned digitization program funding by use of a digitization Management Decision Package (MDEP) to include program execution of its own budget lines. The Team ensures the funding outlined in the MDEP is programmed, budgeted, and executed in a manner consistent with the ADMP and established Army priorities. In addition, the Acquisition Team coordinates the MDEP with the ARSTAF, MACOMs, PEOs and PMs. The results are briefed to the Army Acquisition Executive (AAE) and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (VCSA). The PEOs/PMs must inform the ADO when resource allocation adjustments occur within the MDEP. In a collaborative effort, the ADO, MACOMs, and PEOs/PMs recommend adjustments to the MDEP which best meet the needs of the Army digitization effort. The MEP includes funding for various R&D Program Elements (PEs) and procurement Budget Line Identification Numbers (BLINs) related to digitization.

The Acquisition Team will periodically conduct technical and program execution reviews. Acquisition reviews will be conducted on all key contracts directly related to Force XXI digitization. The release of program funding contained in the digitization MDEP will be contingent on completing these reviews. PEOs/PMs will provide copies of status reports required by parent organizations to the ADO in the same format and frequency required by their higher headquarters.

The Acquisition Team will ensure a streamlined approach in the digitization acquisition strategy throughout the Force XXI modernization process. This approach will be characterized by intense management of resources. Close coordination with TRADOC and the materiel developers will ensure real time responses to user needs through appropriate adjustments to acquisition plans and procurement actions. Identification of commercial non developmental items where practical, maximum consideration of commercial standards and practices, and leveraging of ongoing acquisitions by participating platform managers are examples of the common threads in this streamlined acquisition approach.

The Acquisition Team also provides general administrative, budgetary and logistics support to the ADO on a daily basis.

6.2.4 Architecture Team

Architecture Team

The Architecture Team serves as the focal point for all digitization technical efforts. The Architecture Team coordinates technical issues with the PEOs, the Army Materiel Command (AMC), Space and Strategic Defense Command, Ballistic Missle Defense Organization, Army Medical Command, and the materiel developers from the Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. The Team has sufficient technical expertise to provide the Army Secretariat with independent technical assessments of digitization issues.

The Architecture Team is specifically responsible for ensuring that the development and implementation of the System and Operational Architectures conform to the Army's Technical Architecture. The Team actively works with the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (DISC4) and the AMC Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) System Engineering Office to coordinate and review the continued development of the Army's Technical Architecture. The Team reviews the Technical Architecture to ensure commercial standards and practices are used in the development of common protocols and standards, and that the Army is represented at military and commercial standards bodies. The Team also enforces the application of the Technical Architecture in all related digitization projects to include embedded systems such as the M1A2 Tank and the AH-64 Helicopter programs.

The Team works with the Signal Center, PEO Communications, and AMC (CECOM) to plan for the development of the Tactical Internet and the evolution to the Battlefield Information Transmission System (BITS). The effort includes the review of modeling data conducted by PEO Communications and the Signal Center, reviewing system architecture technical details, and ensuring that adequate system integration and testing is performed before equipment is fielded to the exercise force.

Additionally the Architecture Team is responsible for ensuring that sound system engineering practices are being followed to include hardware and software configuration control, the creation of a Systems Engineering Management Plan, and the conduct of Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews.

"Success in the information age will go to those who have the courage to challenge themselves, who constantly innovate, and learn how to adapt as they go."

					General Gordon R. Sullivan
					Chief of Staff, United States Army

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