Dynamic DoDAF power tools

The executable model for the C2 and Communication Architecture validates the model itself and provides a platform for the collection of performance metrics. In addition we support the lifecycle process by establishing figures of merit and performance for the architecture itself. This saves cost and time to product by directly involving validation and test at the earliest stages of the DoDAF development process. This approach to developing executable models from DoDAF architectures (both SV and OV) is a discriminator in MSI and LSI pursuits and can be applied functionally to other architectures like FEAF and MoDAF. Under a DoD mandate, DoDAFspecifications will become the basis for all information system design in the near future. Although the current DoDAF specification provides an extensive methodology for system architectural development, it is deficient in several related dimensions - absence of integrated modeling and simulation support, especially for model-continuity throughout the development process, and lack of associated testing support. To overcome these deficiencies, we described an approach to support specification of DoDAF architectures within a development environment based on an Extendtrade driven modeling and simulation environment. The result is an enhanced system lifecycle development process that includes model-continuity based development and testing in an integral manner. Future work will involve the linkage of System Architect (Telelogic) to Extendtrade and OPNETreg using the ISight modeling environment.