DoD MS Human Capital Strategy 20101202 - Modeling & Simulation ...

as well as determining where in the M&S development/acquisition process it should be
employed.
Impact to DoD M&S Workforce: The DoD M&S workforce will be trained in advanced
documentation methods and procedures that facilitate traceability of critical model and
simulation development information and processes. Specific emphasis will be placed on
documentation related to Configuration Management; Verification, Validation and
Accreditation; Technical Control Plan and Simulation Control Plan. Appropriate documentation,
can lead to improved consistency and reliability of M&S systems; reduce unnecessary costs;
encourage re-use and minimize risk to the DoD M&S communities. Use of advanced
documentation methods and procedures will facilitate development of documentation standards
and allow the documentation process to be automated. Employing an automated, standardized
documentation approach will result in greater efficiency when preparing critical documentation
materials, and will also provide future benefits in the form of a readily searchable data archive
that can promote software/system re-use across DoD.
Challenge 5 - Diverse Functionality of M&S Community
Each Service and DoD M&S community has specific, and in many cases, unique requirements
guiding the development and use of simulations. Due to the diverse missions across the six
DoD M&S communities, models and simulations vary considerably in their functionality in
order to meet the individual needs of each community. Simulations often require large
investments to develop and maintain. In an era of reduced resources, it is desirable to
maximize the use of models and simulations across the DoD M&S communities in order to
reduce duplication of efforts and resources (i.e., time, money and people).
Impact to DoD M&S Workforce: DoD M&S professionals will be a group of future-oriented,
multi-functional, multi-disciplined specialists who are able to understand both the technical
aspects of models and simulations and the application implications based on their use within
the six DoD M&S communities. This trained M&S workforce will be able to embed models,
simulators and simulations across key processes and equipment to support current and future
DoD missions and associated functional and organizational activities. As a result, M&S
professionals will be a critical group in the successful development and employment of models
and simulations for diverse applications across all Services and the six DoD M&S communities.
Challenge 6 - Need for Re-use of M&S Tools and Applications
As described above, the diversity of M&S requirements across DoD communities has limited
the extent of re-use of M&S tools and applications. In addition, the lack of standardized formal
documentation and associated information traceability further limits re-use and produces
increased costs in both development and sustainment, as do proprietary restrictions associated
with specific models and simulations.
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