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Agile Information Sharing: Characterizing the Problem

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Community of Interest (COI) TrainingExecutive Overview

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Purpose

• Motivate why achieving effective military and government operations requires agile information sharing (i.e., in accordance with the DoD Net-Centric Data and Services Strategies)

This briefing stresses why agile information sharing is crucial. This briefing stresses why agile information sharing is crucial.

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The Information Age

Change in Needs (To maintain Information Dominance)Change in Expectations (Desire to Share)

Change in Scale and Tempo (Global & Immediate)

"Need to Know" "Responsibility to Share" "Expectation of Sharing"

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RSS News Feed

Fax

email

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Why Agile Information Sharing?• It Enhances Current Military Operations

– Critical for effective mission operations– E.g., Army Blue Force Tracks Vignette

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The Need for Information Sharing VignetteSharing Blue Force Tracks using FBCB2

Force 21 Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)• First Army System to provide Blue Force locations or Blue Situation

Awareness (BSA) at Information Age Speeds• Previously BSA was reported by voice & posted by hand on overlays• Age of information went from hours/days to minutes• Accuracy improved through use of a single map scale• Allowed each unit to display exact location of some of its vehicles to

everyone with FBCB2

Operational Effect - Allowed• Units to move faster – increased

operational tempo• Units to self synchronize on the

battlefield • Units to “see” each other – reduced

fratricide• Supply to “meet” up with unit

Improved operations due to digital info sharing!Improved operations due to digital info sharing!

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An FBCB2 Information Sharing Testimonial

• Testimonial from Brigadier General E. J. Sinclair, Commanding General, USAAVNC – Video on the use of Blue Force Tracker (BFT) information in Operation

Iraqi Freedom (OIF) – Movement to Bagdad – 28 March 2003

– Describes the advantages of FBCB2 BFT in a Joint/combined combat mission

• Good news– Commanders know where Blue Forces

were therefore knew where it was safe to concentrate heavy fire

– Near real time knowledge of positions had positive effect on fire support and maneuver

• Bad News– Blue Force information, via BFT FBCB2, was only available within other

BFT FBCB2 equipped platforms

– No way to pass BFT data to other FBCB2 systems, Army/Joint Information Systems or combat platforms (e.g., F-16)

Note: This has improved but gaps still exist

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A Theater Information Sharing ProgressionArmy Battle Command System (ABCS)

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ABCS to ABCS Interfaces

ABCS to non-ABCS Interfaces

ABCS Interfaces in Vignette TimeframeABCS Interfaces Today

Net-Centric approach allows tactical data to be visible, accessible, and understandable.

Net-Centric approach allows tactical data to be visible, accessible, and understandable.

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Point-to-Point Interfaces

Many data formats Standard info exchange vocabulary

Publish/Subscribe messaging

Using Data Distribution System (DDS)

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Why Agile Information Sharing?• It Enhances Current Military Operations

– Critical for effective mission operations– E.g., Army Blue Force Tracks Vignette

• It Transforms the Way We Operate– Transforms business processes in our daily lives– E.g., Arranging travel

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Agile Information SharingTransforms Business Processes (e.g., Arranging Travel)

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e.g., Travelocity.com

Message for the DoD • Web accessible data allows increased capability & agility• Requires TRUST in services, data, & security

User

TravelAgency

• Book online• eTicket• Online check in• Mobile alerts

• Fast• Data available on the web• Price comparisons for

best value• Book online

• Many phone calls• Many iterations• Time consuming

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Why Agile Information Sharing?• It Enhances Current Military Operations

– Critical for effective mission operations– E.g., Army Blue Force Tracks Vignette

• It Transforms the Way We Operate– Transforms business processes in our daily lives– E.g., Arranging travel

• It Spawns Innovations– E.g., Amazon.com

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Agile Information SharingSpawns Innovations (e.g., Amazon.com)

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Source: “wikinomics” by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams, 2006.

Online Sale of Books

Bookstore

Online Sale ofConsumer Goods

Wish ListReviews Profile

“AffiliatePrograms”

InnovativeServices Etc.

Affiliate Program Example

Amazon.com• Product info• Product reviews• Order shipping• Credit card

processing• Product returns

Hiking Outpost• Specialized customer

experience• Hiking books• Camping sites• Hiking trails

Earn %of Amazon

sales

Increases revenue &

growth

$9 BillionIn sales

LargestOnline

Retailer

Amazon Approach (Mass & Global Collaboration)• Opened platform to co-developers (data & e-commerce web services) Message for the DoD• Shift to data sharing spawned partnering, innovation & viral growth

140,000+developers

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Why Agile Information Sharing?

• It is Needed to Maintain Information Dominance– Expected and used by today’s “Digital Natives”– Need to provide capabilities suitable for today’s

information age– Will be used by our adversaries against us

• It Enhances Current Military Operations– Critical for effective mission operations– E.g., Army Blue Force Tracks Vignette

• It Transforms the Way We Operate– Transforms business processes in our daily lives– E.g., Arranging travel

• It Spawns Innovations– E.g., Amazon.com

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Tools for Digital Natives

Culture of Sharing!Culture of Sharing!

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Agile Information Sharing …

• Commercial examples are a good model for the DoD but the DoD has unique needs, e.g.,– How does the DoD share with other government

agencies, coalition partners, industry, etc. when data sharing needs and data sharing rules are dynamically changing?

– How do we provide seamless interoperability across all communities?

– How do we build capabilities agile enough to respond to dynamically changing enemy tactics?

COIs are helping to identify and resolve Enterprise (DoD and beyond) issues.

COIs are helping to identify and resolve Enterprise (DoD and beyond) issues.

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Conclusions• We must use the flexibility and agility of the

Digital Information Age to:– Enhance current military operations– Achieve operational flexibility to respond to a very agile

enemy– Maintain information dominance– CHANGE OUR BUSINESS PROCESSES to produce

improved combat capability suitable for today’s Information Age

• The DoD has selected an approach to implementing agile information sharing

• This training explains the core components of the approach