DODAF: Overview & Application Guidance

Speaker

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James N. Martin

Abstract

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This tutorial provides an overview of the DOD Architecture Framework. The tutorial will show how a systems architecture serves as the basis for development of a system. This approach leads to a more model-driven systems approach and allows you to "discover" the essential attributes of the problem space that must be addressed by the system solution. Architecture models are where these essential attributes are defined and evaluated. This approach to architecting will be described within the context of the DOD Architecture Framework and other frameworks like the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework and the Zachman Framework.

The architecture provides the unifying structure (or roadmap) for exploration of the problem space and for characterization of the solution space such that better decisions can be made. This tutorial will describe an approach for the flow down from the system purpose or mission need, down through operational requirements and concept of operations, and finally into the operational, system, and technical views of the architecture.

The 26 products in the DOD Architecture Framework will also be described while highlighting the essential features of each. Finally, a strategy and approach for development of the standard framework products will be described.

Biography

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James N. Martin is an internationally known writer and lecturer on systems engineering. He wrote one of the most widely read books on systems engineering, "Systems Engineering Guidebook," published by CRC Press. His experience includes twenty years in systems development of telecommunications products and services (most of this with Bell Labs) as program manager, systems engineering manager, system architect, requirements manager, and lead systems engineer. His experience with technology includes mobile wireless, underwater fiber optics, satellite broadband wireless, reconnaissance sensors and distribution networks, and airborne network hubs.

Mr. Martin is currently employed by The Aerospace Corporation. He is a system architect for communications networks and space systems and teaches at The Aerospace Institute and at seminars around the world. He led the development of ANSI/EIA 632, the US national standard that defines the processes for engineering a system. Mr. Martin graduated with an MS from Stanford and a BS from Texas A&M. He is a Fellow member of INCOSE. He recently won an NRO Team Award for leading the architecture development effort for the Integrated Overhead Sigint Architecture.

Location

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Boeing Conference Center
Building 28
5301 Bolsa Avenue
Huntington Beach CA 92647