IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORMANCE BASED SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF MILITARY MULTI-MISSION PLATFORMS

摘要

In an effort to lower the overall cost of defence war-fighter acquisitions, the Commonwealth Government of Australia is imposing performance based contracting methods [1] upon contractors for acquisition and through life support. Whilst being relatively new to Australian Defence [1-3], performance based contracting is not a new concept to other industries around the world [4]. Demanding military aerospace acquisition and sustainment requirements however, present the defence industry with a significant challenge. This is inherent to the design of defence performance based contracts and each military performance based contract being different [4]. Considering these different requirements, the awarded prime contractor is presented with a variety of complex management and technical issues, particularly if that prime contractor is also responsible for multiple platforms and corresponding contracts. This paper presents the, design and implementation of a Data Warehouse System for the management and analysis of performance based contracts which are specific to multiplatform military, rotary and fixed wing systems. The implementation encompasses a unique yet mandated [1],[3-4] group of Key Result Areas which were identified for a successful implementation of a performance based contract [3-4]. The Key Result Areas; Availability, Maintainability and Supportability are implemented as integrated Data Marts together with an abstracted Extraction Transformation and Loading (ETL) layer. The ETL layer provides the system with the unique capability of managing independent scoring requirements of multiple performance based contracts across multiple platforms. A role based, customizable Reporting and Analysis System is also integrated and implemented with the Data Warehouse, providing the capability to develop reporting specific to contract requirements and allow various data mining techniques for further analysis. It is anticipated that this system will allow Australian Defence and subsequent prime contractors to minimize the resources required for metric analysis across a variety of data sources, track and monitor the progress of their respective performance based contracts, provide the foundation for simulation scenarios, data mining techniques, predictive analysis and decision support. The system provides the ability to measure an implementation of a PBC, and subsequently its level of applicability and subsequent optimization against the desired outcomes.