Title :
A formative approach to establishing work requirements for a future C2 system
Author :
Chalmers, Bruce A. ; Martin, Lora Bruyn ; Matthews, Michael ; Famewo, Julie ; Taylor, Tamsen
Author_Institution :
Maritime Inf. & Combat Syst. Defence R&D Canada-Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Abstract :
Developing concepts to support cognitive work in a future complex sociotechnical system requires an approach, and supporting analytical tools, with the power to provide design insights for first-of-a-kind systems. This work explored using a work-centred, constraint-based design framework to identify design requirements and propose design concepts for a future, optimized Joint Fires Coordination (JFC) capability for the Canadian Forces. The approach builds on adapting techniques from Cognitive Systems Engineering to model the work constraints of the JFC system and on using the information to systematically identify several hundred design concepts related to its process, technology and organizational structure.
Keywords :
cognitive systems; command and control systems; constraint handling; ergonomics; analytical tools; cognitive systems engineering; complex sociotechnical system; first-of-a-kind systems; formative approach; future C2 system; joint fires coordination; organizational structure; work centred constraint based design framework; work requirements establishment; Collaborative work; Command and control systems; Constraint optimization; Design engineering; Fires; Information analysis; Knowledge acquisition; Research and development; Sociotechnical systems; Systems engineering and theory; command and control; joint fires coordination; sociotechnical system; work analysis; work-centred design;
Conference_Titel :
Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3877-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3878-5
DOI :
10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444446
