Enabling NSS Engineering Development Planning via Novel Knowledge Management Strategies, Tools, and Technologies

Abstract

This paper studies the specific challenges presented by National Security Space (NSS) Development planning (DP) and explores how Knowledge Management (KM) can address the organizational and engineering challenges associated with our mission. We focus on both early successes and longer term strategic planning. This paper reviews the enabling KM tools and technologies that interconnect the multiorganizational activities associated with the engineering and DP of large complex technical programs that deliver operational capabilities. This paper illustrates the challenges associated with this engineering process, and how KM technology deployment would facilitate higher productivity of multiple stakeholders collaborating in such multi-year effort. The DP process is presented, and the KM requirements and deployment options are discussed. An initial plan is formulated to address the multiple challenges associated with integrating KM strategies and artifacts to NSS DP.