James R. Enos

US Military Academy

Synthesizing DoDAF Architectures to Develop the Joint Capability Enterprise Architecture

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Background• JCIDS utilizes DoD Architecture Frameworks to

capture data• DoD has yet to take advantage of the data to

the fullest extent to develop an enterprise level architecture

• In an era of declining resources, DoD leadership requires information such as this to make data-driven decisions

• Advances in software and computing power make this possible

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Joint Capability Integration and Development System

• JCIDS process identifies, assesses, validates, and prioritizes warfighting capabilities

• Process generates terabytes of data in various forms

• Required DoDAF products produce semi-structured data for analysis

Source: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Manual for the Operation of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, Washington DC: Department of Defense, 2012.

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DoD Architecture Framework• Multiple viewpoints

to understand complex DoD systems

• Area of Focus:• Capability• Operational• Systems

Source: DoD Chief Information Officer, "DoD Architecture Framework Version 2.02," August 2010. [Online]. Available: http://www.dodcio.defense.gov/dodaf20.aspx. [Accessed March 2014].

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Methodology• Enterprise Architecture

• Applies holistic thinking to enterprises with multiple interdependencies

• Enables decision makers to optimize at the enterprise level versus system level

• Dependencies• System to System• Capability• Mission

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System to System Dependencies

• Identifies direct dependencies between systems

• 2nd and 3rd order connections begin to emerge

SV-3System 1

SV-3System 1

SV-3System 1

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System 1SV-6

System 2SV-6

System 3SV-6

System 4

SV-3Enterprise

Enterprise of Interest

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Capability Dependencies

• Identifies systems within the enterprise that provide the same capability

• Redundancies and gaps begin to emerge

ICD/CDDICD/CDDICD /CDDICD/CDD

CV-4System 1

CV-4System 2

CV-4System 3

CV-4System 4

CV-2Enterprise

Enterprise of Interest

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Mission Dependencies

• Identifies systems within the enterprise that perform the same warfighting task

• Series of tasks can be combined into missions

OV-5aSystem 1

OV-5aSystem 1

OV-5aSystem 1

OV-5aSystem 1OV-5b

System 1OV-5b

System 2OV-5b

System 3OV-5b

System 4

OV-5aEnterprise

Enterprise of Interest

OV-5bEnterprise

Mission / CONOP

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Conclusion• Manual synthesis of data has provided benefits

to decision makers• However, process is time consuming and

requires specialized skill sets• Opportunity exits to apply this methodology

with automated text-analytics software to capture large amounts of data

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Future Work• Expand to capture system to organization

dependencies• Expands past Material systems to other DOTmLPF

solutions• Organizations provide a great deal of capability to

the DoD

• Application of Social Network Analysis Tools• Enterprise goes beyond traditional System-of-

Systems Tools• SNA provides an opportunity to analyze the entire

enterprise

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Questions?