4.2 HSI in the Concept and Technology Development Phase (Pre Milestone B)

Overview

This acquisition phase is concerned with examining alternative concepts, including cooperative opportunities and procurement or modification of Allied systems or equipment, to meet a stated mission need. This phase begins with a decision to enter Concept and Technology Development at Milestone A. The phase ends with a selection of a system architecture(s) and the completion of entrance criteria for Milestone B and System Development and Demonstration Phase.

Milestone A shall include initiation of concept studies, designation of a lead Component, approval of Concept Exploration exit criteria, and issuance of the Acquisition Decision Memorandum. The leader of the concept development team, working with the integrated test team, shall develop an evaluation strategy that describes how the capabilities in the MNS will be evaluated once the system is developed.

Milestone A approval can lead to Concept Exploration or Component Advanced Development depending on whether an evaluation of multiple concepts is desired or if a concept has been chosen, but more work is needed on key sub-systems or components before a system architecture can be determined and the technologies can be demonstrated in a relevant environment.

Concept Exploration typically consists of competitive, parallel, short-term concept studies. The focus of these efforts is to define and evaluate the feasibility of alternative concepts and to provide a basis for assessing the relative merits (i.e., advantages and disadvantages, degree of risk, etc.) of these concepts. Analyses of alternatives shall be used to facilitate comparisons of alternative concepts.

The most promising system concepts shall be defined in terms of initial, broad objectives for cost, schedule, and performance identification of interoperability, security, survivability, operational continuity, technology protection, operational support, and infrastructure requirements within a family of systems opportunities for tradeoffs, and an overall acquisition strategy and test and evaluation strategy (including Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E), Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E), and Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E)).

The project shall enter Component Advanced Development when the project leader has a concept for the needed capability, but does not yet know the system architecture. Unless otherwise determined, the component technology to be developed shall have been proven in concept. The project shall exit Component Advanced Development when a system architecture has been developed and the component technology has been demonstrated in the relevant environment or a decision is made to end this effort. This effort is intended to reduce risk on components and subsystems that have only been demonstrated in a laboratory environment and to determine the appropriate set of subsystems to be integrated into a full system. The work effort will be guided by the validated MNS, but during this activity, an ORD shall be developed to support program initiation. Also, acquisition information necessary for a milestone decision (e.g., the acquisition strategy, program protection plan, etc.) shall be developed. This effort is normally followed by entry into the System Development and Demonstration phase after a Milestone B decision by the MDA.

OVERVIEW OF PHASE HSI ACTIVITIES

• Manning and Personnel - the major efforts in this phase involve development of the Manpower Determination Model, and the conduct of manning studies. Based on the role-of-man determinations and workload assessments, alternate feasible manning approaches are identified. The Manpower Determination Model (MDM) compiles individual manpower requirements of the various subsystems and performs a cross utilization analysis to account for other ship support functions not included in the subsystem-level list. The manpower requirements analysis compiles workhours by enlisted rates and officers bill, department or division.
• Training - training is addressed in this phase only at the initial requirements level, which includes identification of training requirements and constraints from: system acquisition documentation, lessons learned, HSI issues, and function/task analysis.
• Human Engineering - The effort in this phase is concerned with identifying human performance requirements, and specifying specific requirements for human-machine interface (HMI) design, human-computer interface (HCI) design, maintainability, facilities and arrangements design, communications, and procedures and documentation.
• Safety and Health - Safety and health requirements will be identified based on system acquisition documentation, lessons learned, HSI issues, and results of function and task analysis.

Substeps/Activities/Guidelines

Substep 1.0 Conduct HSI Top Down Requirements Analysis

Substep 1.1 Conduct Top Down Function Analysis

Substep 1.2 Identify HighDriver Functions and Lessons Learned

Substep 1.3 Analyze Missions and Generate Mission Scenarios

Substep 1.4 Conduct Mission/ Function Analysis

Substep 1.5 Identify the Required Role of the Human

Substep 1.6 Identify Workload Reduction Targets, Strategies, and Concepts

Substep 1.7 Assess Requirements and Concepts to Reduce Manning

Substep 1.8 Develop Task Networks and Analyze Task Requirements

Substep 1.9 Conduct HSI Workload/ Manning/ Human Performance Simulation

Substep 1.10 Develop and Validate the Ship Manning Model

Substep 2.0 Provide HSI Inputs to Acquisition Documentation

Substep 3.0 Describe HSI Design and Readiness Concepts

Substep 4.0 Conduct HSI Studies and Analyses

Substep 5.0 Identify HSI T&E Requirements

Substep 6.0 Review/Monitor Contractor Efforts and Products

Substep 7.0 Provide the HSI products at Milestone B