Providing Analysis Support in the Early Stages of Military Concept Development

摘要

Operations analysis support to military concept development is frequently addressed in the context of experimentation (discovery experiments, hypothesis testing experiments). Concept developers will most certainly require analysis support before they are ready to enter the experimentation phase. This paper will discuss how the operations analyst can support the concept developer early in the concept development process. Topics include conducting basic research, applying the scientific method to the concept being examined (define the objective, identify alternatives, develop the context, examine assumptions, develop metrics), developing a concept development project plan, and ensuring analytically rigorous processes are applied to the topic at hand.