Sequencing the Development Order of Architecture Products: An Application to DoDAF

Author

Thal, Alfred E., Jr. ; Havlicek, Jeffrey D. ; Chambal, Stephen J. ; Osgood, Justin W.

fYear

2010

fDate

5-8 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

The Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) v1.5 describes 29 distinct architecture products but provides limited guidance on their development. Furthermore, existing guidance specifying a static list of products may detract from the creation of those products critical to system success. Therefore, using a unique combination of systems architecture, decision analysis, and scheduling heuristics, we analyzed the value of individual products and established associated goals for their development. A key observation from this research was the fact that the stakeholder values attributed to various products did not necessarily align with existing DoD guidance. The resulting insight enables decision-makers to more effectively guide the development and sequencing of specific products.

Keywords

decision making; military computing; product development; resource allocation; Department of Defense Architecture Framework; DoD guidance; architecture products; decision analysis; decision making; scheduling heuristics; systems architecture; Decision making; Job shop scheduling; Process control; Process planning; Protection; Resource management; Security; Strategic planning; Systems engineering and theory; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences (HICSS), 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1530-1605

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5509-6

Electronic_ISBN

1530-1605

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2010.475

Filename

5428583