Sustainment and net-ready Key Performance Parameters (KPP) in an Enterprise Information System (EIS) Value Assurance Framework (VAF)
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Authors
Gunderson, Christopher R.
Subjects
Agile acquisition
network systems engineering
open system approach
OSA
service oriented architecture
net-ready key performance parameter
KPP
6212
network centric
information centric
enterprise information system
network systems engineering
open system approach
OSA
service oriented architecture
net-ready key performance parameter
KPP
6212
network centric
information centric
enterprise information system
Advisors
Date of Issue
2014-04
Date
April 2014
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
The Enterprise Information System (EIS) Value Assurance Framework (VAF) is an Information Technology (IT) governance model based on commercial best practice adapted to specific DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) acquisition policy requirements. VAF expands and abstracts traditional DoD “Availability” metrics such as “Operational Availability” Ao to develop objective time-based Key Performance Parameters (KPP) appropriate for software-intensive systems of systems. In particular VAF addresses both the DoD “Sustainment KPP” (S-KPP) and the “Net-Ready KPP” (NR-KPP). Hence, VAF provides an engineering assurance model for developing systems that deliver sustainable information superiority. In the VAF construct, the NR-KPP correlates measurable improvement in “Information Processing Efficiency” (IPE) to measurable improvement in traditional operational effect metrics such as Probability of Kill (Pk). In addition to that focus on operational efficiency, VAF recognizes that sustainment of modern IT systems requires process-level metrics that enforce speed-to-capability requirements. Hence VAF S-KPPs specify both threshold and objective speed-to-capability requirements commensurate with “Moore’s Law.” To achieve aggressive speed-to-capability, the VAF S-KPPs emphasize re-use of pre-certified COTS and GOTS components. The VAF addresses both of these types of KPPs through a recommended iterative process, consisting of 10 steps. Applying this process to a notional coalition counter-insurgency mission thread demonstrates its viability.
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Technical Report
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Department
Information Sciences (IS)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-IS-14-001
Sponsors
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence 1400 Defnese Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301
Funder
The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I)) and funded by OUSD(I).
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Citation
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