Author: William M. Hinton

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13:

This report presents the results of a systems engineering analysis of the training development process required to produce an Integrated Training System (ITS) for a New Weapons System (NWS). This work was performed in response to the findings of the 1985 Army Science Board and the latest Army Aviation Mission Area Analysis, which suggest that Army training development for NWS can be improved by using a top-down approach to training system development starting very early in the NWS acquisition process. The report contains the design architecture for an Army ITS Decision Support System (DSS), portrayed in Information Definition, Mod O (IDEFo) diagrams, plus supporting data on potential users of the system, embedded training, ITS data sources, and a set of training system design elements. The architecture spans the full cycle of NWS development from Milestone O through fielding and long-term maintenance. It integrates all aspects of ITS development within and across Military Occupational Specialties, such as individual, collective, and combined arms training and institutional, unit, and distributed training. The architecture provides the basis for the development of the functional specifications for the DSS. Specific intervention points are identified to provide the focus for future efforts to develop individual methods and procedures that are compatible with the overall model. (Author) (kr).