1. Slides From ATI Professional Development Short Course
Technical CONOPS and Concepts
Instructors:
Mack McKinney
John Venable
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2. OCD Flows To OpCons and CONOPS
Operational Concept Formal CONOPS
Document Sections Sections
• Overview • EXECSUM
• Problem Statement • Section 3 – Situation
Today
• Changes Needed • Section 4 – Justification
for Changes
• New Capability or System • Section 5 – End State
Envisioned & OpCon
• Operational Uses • Section 6 - Scenarios
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3. Data-Driven OpCon and Future
Concepts Standard Operating
User- Focused CONOPS
(e.g. JOpsC) Procedures (SOP),
Are the Linchpins OPORDS, EXORDs,
Ops Assessments
Scenarios, Current
System/Situation,
P3I & ECPs Justif for Delta, Scenarios
Summary of Impacts
Features Left Out &
Training
Personas
Obsolescence Analyses & Scenarios Programs
Personas,
Use Cases
OpCon CONOPS & Scenarios
User Manuals *
OpCon Text, Scenarios, Effects-Based Solutions, Lessons
Regular Input From Users Regular Input From Users, Learned
Modeling & Simulation TTPs
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Architecture Requirements
DODAF CBAs JCIDS
DOD/DHS
AV-Xs OV-Xs SV-Xs Reviews Effects-Based SE
* Operators, maintainers, SysAdmin & downstream product users all need User Manuals

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Structured Dialogue With Operational Users
- - - especially with Hands-On Operators - - - OpCon, CONOPS,
(to learn current concepts, ops scenarios,
biases, lessons from exercises & ops, Modeling & Simulation
future needs, impressions of similar systems, etc.)
Operating
Environment
Existing New
Existing m&s m&S
System or
Component
OpCon CONOPS New M &s M&S
2 X 2 Matrix addresses most
common M&S situations.
Modeling & Simulation (M&S)
- - - Traditional Decision Points - - -
1. What do we want from the M&S effort?
2. What real-world things are we examining with the M&S?
3. What systems/platforms should be modeled?
4. At what fidelity?
5. What operational environment should be modeled?
6. What combination of systems/platforms is appropriate?
7. What operational scenario should be employed?
8. What combination of dependent and independent variables is best?
9. What roles should be scripted?
10. Does the M&S result make sense?

5. WHAT You Build Is Driven by Client’s Interests
Client’s Interest . . . Your Course of Action . . .
• Set up a new organization
• Get people to accept new
approach
• Offer new system Build CONOPS w/
Build OpCon & Formal Template
• Host an exercise
Scenarios
• Assess operational utility of a
system
– That is completely new
Build CONOPS w/
– That already exists Fielded Template
• Assess disruptive technology Envision
or rapidly build a prototype Technology in a
System
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• Explore utility of a device,
Build EmpCon &
weapon, etc (not a system) OpCon

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