NDIA Meetings

1. NDIA Meetings • SEI (SW Engineering Institute) SoS Architecture Patterns • SEI is developing a white paper describing how SW development patterns can assist with SoS architecture development • NDIA SoS / M&S Joint Committee Meeting • Judith Dahman (SoS Committee Chair) briefed the M&S committee on the SoS “pain points” and how M&S can help address the issues • NDIA SE Committee Meeting • Bi-monthly SE meeting • NDIA DT&E Committee Meeting

2. SEI SoS Architecture Patterns • Attending Orgs: SEI, Boeing, Army, Purdue, Dynamic Animation Systems, LM, Mitre • Patterns are a common way to develop SW architectures • Currently there is no SoS level of patterns • Benefit would be a less risky starting point for development of SW that is part of a SoS solution and to reduce variants needed to be studied to start code development • SEI approach was to start with current SW patterns and to extrapolate up • This caused communications / semantics difficulties with SE / SoS community • Recommendation was to start with SoS context and show how patterns could evolve and applied to the SE / SoS development

3. Joint SoS / M&S Committee Meeting • M&S identified opportunities to assist in SoS issues: • Exploration of SoS conops space to evaluate alternative mission scenarios • Exploration of requirements set and evaluation of implications of setting SoS requirements • Exploration of architecture alternatives and the impacts of emergent behavior (i.e., what happens, often unintended) when systems are inserted into a SoS • End-to-end operating environment to model mission threads • Supplement or replace testing • “Future proofing” of systems; identification of requirements to be able to operate in “next year’s” environment

4. NDIA SE Committee Meeting • Jim Thompson (OSD) discussed “Should Cost Memo” and 2013 “Performance of the Defense Acquisition System” report • Dr. Steve Hutchison (Acting Deputy Assistant Sec’y T&E) discussed his “Shift Left” initiative to put out guidance on how to start test efforts prior to Milestone C • Jim Thompson discussed need to update Risk Management Guide • Affordability Handbook (joint MORS, NDIA, INCOSE) out for review 26 Aug to 12 Sept • Send Steve Henry email if want to review it • Gary Roedler discussed the new SE Standard • IEEE addendum to 15288 standard • New NDIA SE Agile working group established • SEI writing a white paper • Working group helping to write language for RFP sections L&M • NOTE: I had a side conversation with Steve Henry and he promised to post our deliverable with the NDIA products, and to send the paper and cover letter to Dr. Welby.

5. NDIA SE Conference • 16th Annual Systems Engineering Conference*** Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, VA October 28-31, 2013 Event #4870 www.ndia.org/meetings/4870 • Register before September 28, 2013 to lock in the early, discounted rate! • Architecture Track info: • Track 6 on Wednesday – 13 papers • Track 6 on Thursday – Joint track with SoS, 3 papers • If you have a paper that was not accepted, but want it to be on the alternate list, let Steve Henry know

6. Upcoming Architecture Subcommittee Tasks • Review Mission Analysis whitepaper on use of architecture in early development • Review SEI report on SoS Architecture Patterns • Participate in SE standard development if desired • Contact Gary Roedler • Attend SE Conference • Meet with M&S Committee to discuss MBSE • Meet with T&E Committee to help them identify T&E perspective of architecture products • Invite J6 to brief joint mission threads