Ship-SHAPE HSI Process Tool
STATUS: Currently Available
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
The Ship-SHAPE process tool is a graphic presentation of the activities associated with applying HSI at each phase of SHIP/system acquisition. The Ship-SHAPE HSI process architecture has the following characteristics:
• it is integrated with the activities, products and requirements for each phase of the ship acquisition process;
• it defines and describes HSI activities, events, inputs/outputs, products and methods for each ship acquisition process phase, and provides guidelines on the application of the activities and methods and on the contents and format of the products;
• it provides a help facility to further assist the analyst in tailoring the process to the specific system under acquisition;
• it incorporates the tools required to apply the HSI methods and to accomplish the HSI activities, and provides access to any tool from any point in the process;
• it is focused on personnel readiness and effectiveness requirements;
• it addresses the development of a new system, a non-development item (NDI), or product improvement;
• it provides a formal mechanism for getting HSI issues and concerns addressed early in ship acquisition.
APPROPRIATE USES:
The process comprises the basis for HSI planning activities, identification and tracking of HSI issues, conduct of individual HSI activities, and application of Ship-SHAPE tools.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
The process is a Hypertext graphic written in html.
INPUTS REQUIRED:
Requirements to tailor the standard process to the specific system acquisition.
PROCESSING TECHNIQUES:
Currently in a MS Word document - being configured for HyperCard, Tool Book for Windows, and html for the Web.
OUTPUT:
Guidelines on performance of specific HSI activities in the context of ship acquisition.
USES OF OUTPUT:
In ship design
VALIDATION:
Validated on the reduced manning of the Fast Sealift ship, Seawolf Fast Attack Submarine, New SSN, SC 21 ship, Autonomic ship, Arsenal ship, Smart Ship, DDG-51 ship, LSD-41 ship, LHA ship, CVNs, CV air operations systems, CIC systems, waste management systems, reduced manning bridge, automated ship auxiliaries, and DDG-51 accommodation of women program.
COMMENTS: Application of the HSI process to ships must address the following: 1) personnel considerations and requirements must influence system design; 2) HSI must have a central role in the affordability assessment; 3) HSI must drive the system risk assessment; 4) HSI must maximize the quality of acquired products; 5) HSI must attend to requirements for concurrent engineering; 6) the HSI process must address the emphasis on use of commercial products and standards; 7) the HSI process must include requirements for prototyping, simulation and modeling; 8) HSI must include requirements for specifying system operational performance objectives; 9) HSI must provide methods and data to enable manning reduction and to ensure adequate safety and workload in a reduced manning environment; 10) HSI must address the man-machine interface design requirements specific to a ship acquisition; and 11) HSI must provide methods and data to identify training requirements and curricula changes associated with a reduced manning environment.
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER SHIP-SHAPE TOOLS
The Ship-SHAPE tools are designed to support specific steps in the HSI process. The early phases of the HSI process comprise the top down requirements analysis (TDRA) process.
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