Technical - Demonstrations
For a description of NECTISE 2008 Demonstration click here
Lead Partner: Loughborough University (Michael Henshaw)
Contributing Partners: Entire programme
Overview
The main integrating activity of the research strands in NECTISE were two major demonstrations. The first, in July 2007, was experimental in nature and consisted of a set of demonstration events that covered individual work packages with their genesis in a common scenario. The objectives for these were to inform stakeholders of the research and to elicit feedback to ensure relevance and exploitability. The second demonstration, in September 2008, was a showcase event in which all research was demonstrated within a common scenario. The research was sufficiently mature for the integration of elements to be demonstrated and the emerging systems engineering tools, processes and techniques fully appreciated by the audiences. The event was run four times as a road show in different locations in the UK.
Integration research has focused on a set of NEC-readiness themes that underpin all research activities in the programme. A number of publications now show the relevance of these themes to systems of systems problems beyond NEC.
Contact for Further information: m.j.d.henshaw@lboro.ac.uk
Demonstrations
The challenge for the demonstrations was to develop a scenario that:
- incorporated multiple timescales; i.e. from the provenance of capability planning decisions (years) down to the military operational decisions (minutes/hours)
- was relevant to a wide range of multi-disciplinary research outputs
- relevant to a wide range of stakeholders (industrial, Government, military, academic)
- be sufficiently straightforward to be understood by non-experts, and yet allow sufficient richness for experts to engage in the detail of the research outputs
The TTCP GUIDEx was used to develop the scenario together with a stakeholder workshop approach. The scenario was verified through the framework of Whitworth et. al..
Information on the 2007 demonstrations is available by following this link.
Information on the 2008 demonstration is available by following this link.
Relevant publications are:
Henshaw, M.J.D., Gunton, D.J., and Urwin, E.N., ‘Collaborative, academic-industry research approach for advancing Systems Engineering’, 7th Annual Conf. on Sys. Eng. Research, Loughborough, UK (2009)
Contact for Further information: m.j.d.henshaw@lboro.ac.uk
Integration: NEC-readiness themes
The NEC-readiness themes were derived at a large, multi-stakeholder workshop in 2007 and subsequently refined by the core team. The relationships between the themes is crucial. All NECTISE research strands can be expressed as contributions to the themes. Collaboration and knowledge management surround the main themes as these are the enablers for realisation of the NEC aspiration. Collaboration is necessary between forces (at all levels of conflict) to realise the benefits of the technical enablement of the military systems. Also, the interoperable systems are only realisable through collaboration within the supply chain. Similarly, knowledge management underpins the use of information in the field of operations and in the through life management of the capabilities that are networked.
The themes are discussed in more detail here.
Technical – Demonstrations
Lead Partner: Loughborough University (Michael Henshaw)
Contributing Partners: Entire programme
Overview
The main integrating activity of the research strands in NECTISE were two major demonstrations. The first, in July 2007, was experimental in nature and consisted of a set of demonstration events that covered individual work packages with their genesis in a common scenario. The objectives for these were to inform stakeholders of the research and to elicit feedback to ensure relevance and exploitability. The second demonstration, in September 2008, was a showcase event in which all research was demonstrated within a common scenario. The research was sufficiently mature for the integration of elements to be demonstrated and the emerging systems engineering tools, processes and techniques fully appreciated by the audiences. The event was run four times as a road show in different locations in the UK.
Integration research has focused on a set of NEC-readiness themes that underpin all research activities in the programme. A number of publications now show the relevance of these themes to systems of systems problems beyond NEC.
Contact for Further information: m.j.d.henshaw@lboro.ac.uk
Demonstrations
The challenge for the demonstrations was to develop a scenario that:
- incorporated multiple timescales; i.e. from the provenance of capability planning decisions (years) down to the military operational decisions (minutes/hours)
- was relevant to a wide range of multi-disciplinary research outputs
- relevant to a wide range of stakeholders (industrial, Government, military, academic)
- be sufficiently straightforward to be understood by non-experts, and yet allow sufficient richness for experts to engage in the detail of the research outputs
The TTCP GUIDEx was used to develop the scenario together with a stakeholder workshop approach. The scenario was verified through the framework of Whitworth et. al..
Information on the 2007 demonstrations is available by following this link.
Information on the 2008 demonstration is available by following this link.
Relevant publications are:
Henshaw, M.J.D., Gunton, D.J., and Urwin, E.N., ‘Collaborative, academic-industry research approach for advancing Systems Engineering’, 7th Annual Conf. on Sys. Eng. Research, Loughborough, UK (2009)
Contact for Further information: m.j.d.henshaw@lboro.ac.uk
Integration: NEC-readiness themes
The NEC-readiness themes were derived at a large, multi-stakeholder workshop in 2007 and subsequently refined by the core team. The relationships between the themes is crucial. All NECTISE research strands can be expressed as contributions to the themes. Collaboration and knowledge management surround the main themes as these are the enablers for realisation of the NEC aspiration. Collaboration is necessary between forces (at all levels of conflict) to realise the benefits of the technical enablement of the military systems. Also, the interoperable systems are only realisable through collaboration within the supply chain. Similarly, knowledge management underpins the use of information in the field of operations and in the through life management of the capabilities that are networked.
The themes are discussed in more detail here.
Relevant Publications are:
Neaga, E.I and Henshaw, M.J.D., ‘NEC Themes: A Conceptual Analysis and Applied Principles’, Realising NEC Conference, Leeds (2008)
Contact for Further information: m.j.d.henshaw@lboro.ac.uk
Relevant Publications are:
Neaga, E.I and Henshaw, M.J.D., ‘NEC Themes: A Conceptual Analysis and Applied Principles’, Realising NEC Conference, Leeds (2008)
Contact for Further information: m.j.d.henshaw@lboro.ac.uk
