A formative approach to establishing work requirements for a future C2 system

Author

Chalmers, Bruce A. ; Martin, Lora Bruyn ; Matthews, Michael ; Famewo, Julie ; Taylor, Tamsen

Author_Institution

Maritime Inf. & Combat Syst. Defence R&D Canada-Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

26-27 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

515

Lastpage

520

Abstract

Developing concepts to support cognitive work in a future complex sociotechnical system requires an approach, and supporting analytical tools, with the power to provide design insights for first-of-a-kind systems. This work explored using a work-centred, constraint-based design framework to identify design requirements and propose design concepts for a future, optimized Joint Fires Coordination (JFC) capability for the Canadian Forces. The approach builds on adapting techniques from Cognitive Systems Engineering to model the work constraints of the JFC system and on using the information to systematically identify several hundred design concepts related to its process, technology and organizational structure.

Keywords

cognitive systems; command and control systems; constraint handling; ergonomics; analytical tools; cognitive systems engineering; complex sociotechnical system; first-of-a-kind systems; formative approach; future C2 system; joint fires coordination; organizational structure; work centred constraint based design framework; work requirements establishment; Collaborative work; Command and control systems; Constraint optimization; Design engineering; Fires; Information analysis; Knowledge acquisition; Research and development; Sociotechnical systems; Systems engineering and theory; command and control; joint fires coordination; sociotechnical system; work analysis; work-centred design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3877-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3878-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444446

Filename

5444446