Naval architecture environment : facilitating JV2010

Abstract

This thesis demonstrates that the C4ISR Framework Version 2.0 requirements can be satisfied with one modern object oriented CASE tool. It provides an alternative scenario centric approach to architecture development. The combination of scenarios and Unified Modeling Language (UML) semantics is referred to as the Naval Architecture Environment (NAE). Specifically, it recommended the acquisition of Rational Rose. The NAE combines the best practices of software development with the domain specific insight contained in the Framework to create an efficient process, supported by a commercial tool and robust semantics, to allow the analysis and design of interoperable C4ISR systems. These are systems that will support Joint Vision 2010's call for Information Superiority.