OUTLINE
Fundamental Reasons for SBA
  • Definition. Defines what SBA is and which projects are creating and implementing it.
  • Goals.  Identifies the goals of SBA and how they will improve future acquisitions. 
  • Triumvirate.  Explores the three critical areas of SBA - Culture, Process, and Technology. 
Collaborative Environments
  • Empowerment. Collaborative environments provide the daily workspace through which knowledge and information can be shared and constructed. 
  • Support Systems. The back office work and products required to make a Collaborative Environment function. 
  • Commercial Tools.  Describes some of the commercial tools that can be used to provide collaborative engineering, costing, analysis, and business management. From simple Microsoft Outlook calendars to Social Networks and Google Docs. 
  • CERSA.  Explains the outline for a Collaborative Environment Systems Reference Architecture. 
Simulation Toolbox
  • Representations.  Models can be constructed in many different ways to represent a system. Several approaches are used repeatedly on successful projects. 
  • Existing Tools. Describes several existing simulations that have been used for systems analysis, acquisition, research, and development.
  • New Tools.  Discuss the types of simulation tools that are needed to focus on new problems. 
Distributed Product Descriptions
  • Definition. Explains the need for a distributed product description to make information available to all participants. 
  • Web of Linked Information. Searching for a organized structure for tying all of the product data together in a meaningful and empowering way. 
Resource Repositories
  • Web-Based. Web accessible data on multiple projects, products, and processes. 
  • E-Commerce Tools. Simple web pages are not powerful enough to make really powerful repositories. The extensive size of SBA project databases will call for search engines like Google and other e-commerce tools. 
  • Peer-to-Peer Computing. Applying P2P technologies to the problems of SBA. 
Data Interchange Formats
  • Data Exchange. Exchanging data between heterogeneous applications using different hardware and operating systems. 
  • Content Semantics. Understanding the meaning of data as well as the format. 
  • Previous Approaches. What have we learned from CAD tool data exchange via STEP; simulation protocols like DIS, ALSP, and HLA OMT; and environmental data exchange with S1000 and SEDRIS. 
Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements, and Training (SMART)
  • Power. The power of simulation to extend the human mind.
  • The Big Idea. Bran Ferren's Big Idea for transforming a process or organization. 
  • Pit Stop Engineering. Making improvements that really make a difference in project success. 
  • Examples. Army projects that have saved money and time through the use of simulation and modeling.