Software Requirements Complexity Analysis to Support the “ADVISORY NETWORK IN TO THE NATION FORCES BUILD-UP”

Abstract

In the modern strategic scenarios, military operations are more and more complex, in particular when compliance with the so called “soft power” (DIME – Diplomatic, Information, Military and Economic) is required. Because of this, military doctrine and, in particular, the support at the Command and Control are obliged to a continuous evolution, trying to match the military requirements with the operation’s reality. Inside the complexity of the modern scenarios, the operations to support a failed/failing states must be quoted, where the military commanders are in charge to support and sustain, frequently, the full range of a national domains mostly “civilian”. The most exhaustive example of that is the Operations Resolute Support (RS) in Afghanistan, where the RS Commander is responsible to support not only the Defense and Interior Affairs Ministry and Minister, but also the Finance, Public Health and others Departments, together with the highest state’s institutions represented by the National Security Authority and the Republic’s Presidency. In this context, current Military Command and Control Systems are unable to correlate and analyze the daily activity performed by thousand of Alliance’s Advisors. NATO, with the support of the US Defense Digital Service developed an Agile Project, delivering a first response tool in 14 weeks. This was possible also because of the former experience developed in the LC2Evo Italian Army C4I demonstrator. Taking into account the relevance of security assistance in the modern scenarios, it’s important to implement and further develop the above mentioned experience at national level, in order to be prepared to support the national contingents in the future operations.