ISIS Approach: Software Implications
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Recent SEI Reports Joint Vision 2020, set forth by the Department of Defense, states that military operations will be increasingly conducted jointly—both with multiple branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and with allied and coalition forces—requiring increased levels of interoperability.
This vision places a number of non-trivial, challenging requirements on future systems, such as
- rapid integration of data from distributed, heterogeneous, dynamic entities
- assembly on the fly, as dictated by evolving mission needs
- collaborative networking infrastructure
Industry has a similar vision for the connection of all organizations that form part of a supply chain—from suppliers of raw materials to consumers.
The challenge for current systems is large. For the most part, systems are built as "stove pipes" where local requirements are satisfied, and interoperability with other systems is only an afterthought. For systems that already exist and are to become part of the "joint vision," migration is an even greater challenge because modifying systems to fit within this vision is even more difficult than building systems to fit this vision.
Network-centric operations require a different mindset and approach to the development of systems of systems. ISIS is working on a two-way process for helping organizations deal with these challenges, as presented in Figure 1:
- software implications of the net-centric operation model for systems
- guidance for the migration of systems to the network-centric model
Figure 1. ISIS Activities in Network-Centric Operations