Front-End Analysis Methods for the Noncommissioned Officer Education System.

摘要

The Noncommissioned Officer Education System plays a crucial role in Soldier development by providing both institutional training and structured-self development. New tasks emerging from the operational environment and changes in tactics, techniques and procedures associated with existing tasks created challenges with maintaining currency of institutional training. Questions have arisen regarding the optimal placement of tasks as their relevance changes, especially considering the resources required to update institutional training. An analysis was conducted to identify the characteristics of tasks that are enduring across operational environments versus non-enduring, and the factors considered for optimal placement of tasks in training sites. Twelve discriminating factors were encapsulated in a front- end analysis methodology and Site Selection Tool (SST). The SST is designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of site recommendations by Critical Task Site Selection Boards (CTSSBs), by improving the process by which individuals apply their experience to judge optimal training sites. User feedback indicates the SST results in their applying more thought and considering a broader range of factors when deliberating task placement, and reliably flags for group discussion those tasks requiring a dialogue regarding optimal site placement.