Use of a Novel Organizational Structure to Support Complex Decisionmaking During Global Wargame 2000

摘要

Global Wargame 2000 addressed the theme of Network Centric Operations(NCO) with the objective of providing insight into future operations for adistributed, network-centric Joint Force. Network-centric operations are postulatedto offer information advantages that include significantly improved capabilitiesfor accessing and sharing information. These improved capabilities will be dependenton emergent technologies, new processes, and novel ways of organizing toenable operators to leverage the anticipated information advantage and reap thefull benefits afforded by a distributed, networked organization. New variables andmetrics to assess these benefits are currently under development. One variable,described as the “information domain” is influenced by several factors, includingthe performance of operators, the performance of sensors, and the characteristicsand performance of the relevant information infrastructure, or infostructure, thatlinks battlespace entities. Global Wargame 2000 was an attempt to gain insightinto how to implement these new organizational forms and processes, with theinformation infrastructure provided by a networked set of well-informed butgeographically dispersed forces. This paper will address some of the issues thatcontributed to developing an effective infostructure for an interoperable commandand control organization during global Wargame 2000.