Preface
This document was prepared by the 497IG/INDDI as the DoDIIS
Executive Agent (DExA) for the Imagery Exploitation Support System (IESS).
Comments or requests for additional copies or information should be addressed
to:
Mr. Wayne Gass
Chief, Imagery Branch
497IG/INDDI
240 Luke Ave, Bldg 1304, Suite 206
Bolling AFB, Washington DC 20332-7030
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Table of Contents
IESS
Training Management Plan
The purpose of this document is to provide details of the Imagery Exploitation
Support System (IESS) training program and serve as a reference for those
requiring information on the program. This TMP outlines the responsibilities
for defining, developing, managing, and funding a training program for the
current IESS Version 1.0/1.1 and all subsequent releases (Version 2.0 in May
1997, Version 3.0 in November 1997, and Version 4.0 in mid-1999). The primary
goal of the plan is to insure that training needs have been adequately
addressed as an integral part of this migration system's development and
implementation effort.
The scope of this TMP encompasses formal schoolhouse training;
developer-provided training; and On-the-Job Training (OJT). It
addresses initial, upgrade, sustainment, and new site training.
This TMP is prepared in accordance with the guidance provided in the
Intelligence Community Imagery Training Plan and the Functional
Manager's Guidance for the USIGS Community. It is consistent with current
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),
Executive Agent, and Program Office requirements and responsibilities.
This TMP is applicable to the 497IG/INDDI, Rome Laboratory IESS Program Office,
all IESS user units, and their parent Service and/or Command (to include all
applicable training organizations).
To maintain currency this document will be revised on a regular basis as new
information becomes available and the TBDs come to closure
References
a. DoDIIS Migration Systems Instruction to DExA, PMOs, and
Developers, February 1997.
b. DoDIIS Migration Systems Program Management Plan (PMP), September
1994.
c. DIA Regulation 24-11, General Intelligence Training System, 10 April
1995.
d. DCI Directive 2/9: Management of National Imagery Intelligence, 21
May 1992.
e. DoD Directive 1322.18: Military Training, 9 January 1987.
f. DoD Directive 5000.53: Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Security in
the Defense Acquisition Process, 30 December 1988.
g. Functional Manager's Guidance for the USIGS Community, 20 December 1996.
h. DoD Directive 8120.1: Life Cycle Management of Automated Information
Systems, 14 January 1993.
i. Imagery Exploitation Support System (IESS) Concept of Operations, 6
April 1991.
j. System Specification for the Imagery Exploitation Support System v1.0,
Revision F, Change 1, 20 June 1994.
k. System Specification for the Imagery Exploitation Support System v2.0,
Revision B, 30 June 1995.
l. System Specification for the Imagery Exploitation Support System
v3.0, 26 March 1996.
m. Computer Aided Tactical Information System (CATIS) to Requirements
Management System (RMS), August 1991, Contract #730602-91-C-0134.
o. Intelligence Community Imagery Training Plan, 26 April 1996.
IESS
Background
3.0
The following paragraphs provide background data on the Imagery
Exploitation Support System.
The IESS provides automated near-real-time support to the imagery intelligence
(IMINT) cycle (Figure 1) at various Department of Defense (DoD) sites.
The imagery intelligence cycle is the process by which imagery data is
acquired, converted into finished intelligence, and made available to users and
policy makers. In its basic form, the
Figure 1 Imagery Intelligence Cycle
cycle comprises six steps, starting with an intelligence need from a user. The
intelligence need is reviewed and validated by a requirements manager and, if
approved, routed to a collection operations entity as a requirement. The
collection process involves the actual tasking of a collection asset and
processing/distribution of an intelligence product, in this case, unexploited
imagery data. The imagery exploitation effort, sometimes referred to as the
imagery exploitation cycle, is concerned with the conversion of the raw
intelligence data, -- the imagery -- into a more usable imagery-derived
intelligence product, generally an Imagery Interpretation Report (IIR). The
fusion/analysis process refers to the integration, evaluation, and analysis of
all available intelligence (Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Imagery Intelligence
(IMINT), Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Signals Intelligence
(SIGINT), etc.) and the production of finished intelligence products. The
final step, dissemination, involves the distribution of the all-source finished
intelligence to the user -- whose need triggered the cycle.
The IESS concerns itself with the operation and functions inherent in step four
of the imagery intelligence cycle -- the satisfaction of imagery exploitation
and reporting requirements, as stated above. The IESS supports this effort by
providing user tools that allow on-line interactive access to information and
data bases, and providing automated capabilities to the five major functions
that comprise the imagery exploitation operation within a unit -- Exploitation
Requirements Management, Dissemination Management, Exploitation Management,
Data Base Management, and General Support.
- The Exploitation Requirements Management function is responsible
for monitoring and maintaining the currency and completeness of the
requirements data base. It serves as a registry of all exploitation and
reporting requirements data.
- The Dissemination Management function is responsible for managing
the imagery selection and dissemination process within the IESS. It maintains
the capability to manage imagery dissemination parameters, determine imagery
coverage and priorities, and monitor receipt of imagery.
- The Exploitation Management function is responsible for the
imagery exploitation and reporting process from initial tasking to final
product distribution.
- The Data Base Management function insures the accuracy and
completeness of the IESS requirements, target, and support data. It maintains
the capability to load data and update the data base from the major external
input sources, to track and delete outdated or invalid records from the files,
and to display, correct or purge system problem records.
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General Support functions are responsible for providing
the necessary system-level support functions which cross functional areas, to
include system operations, on-line Help, data conversion, statistics and
message archiving, and query functions.
To functionally satisfy mission requirements the IESS will need to interface
with various external entities as depicted in Figure 2. The figure is not
intended to portray all of the IESS external interfaces and only those that are
* are discussed below. Essentially, there are three kinds of data upon which
the imagery exploitation function is dependent: requirements data, general
military intelligence (GMI) data, and imagery data. The exploitation and
reporting requirements, which trigger the imagery exploitation cycle, will
normally be received via the Requirements Management System (RMS), or directly
from requesters. GMI data depicting target descriptions and orders-of battle,
furnishing the Imagery Analyst (IA) with a standard target reference, will be
available from the Modernized Integrated Data Base (MIDB). The imagery source
is a critical interface node in the operation and generally applies to the
Defense Dissemination System (DDS). The final interface discussed is with the
digital exploitation systems, normally the Image Data Exploitation II (IDEX II)
system.
Figure 2 IESS Functional Interfaces
Current planning calls for the IESS to be deployed to 31 operational sites plus
approximately 30 Naval combatants as depicted in Figure 3.
Figure 3 IESS Locations
In addition to the above operational sites and Naval combatants, there are a
number of IESS systems being used in support of research, development and
testing at Rome Laboratory, E-Systems, DBA Systems, GTE, etc.
The IESS is part of the current initiative for all major imagery
exploitation organizations to migrate to a single Exploitation Support System.
The migration strategy calls for a two-phase approach as depicted in Figure 4.
Phase I will consolidate the functionality of the national systems by the end
of 1998 into the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Exploitation System
(NES). Concurrently, the exploitation support requirements from the DoD JICs
and the forward deployed/deployable systems will be consolidated and
incorporated into IESS by the end of 1998 timeframe. Phase II will be the
structured merging of the IESS and NES into the ESS (under NIMA) by the year
2001.
Figure 4 IESS Migration
The overall responsibility (requirements, development, training, etc) for the
IESS will transition from the 497IG/IND to NIMA by the end of FY98. A team
composed of NIMA and 497IG/IND personnel are currently developing a detailed
IESS transition plan to ensure a smooth transfer of responsibility.
Factors
and Assumptions
4.0
The following factors and assumptions have an impact on the IESS
training concept and methodology:
- The IESS will migrate to ESS by the year 2001.
- The responsibility for IESS will transition to NIMA by the end of
FY98.
- The IESS PMO has control over and total responsibility for
developer-generated training. In the areas of Service schoolhouse training and
site OJT programs, the PMO is responsible for providing these institutions with
initial training and all course materials generated by the developer.
- IESS is in the midst of four distinct IESS development efforts; version
(v) 1.0/1.1 released in late 1995, v2.0 scheduled for May 1997, v3.0 in
November 1997, and v4.0 in mid-1999. Because of the differences in the
magnitude and complexity of the four releases, each will require its own
training methodology, as described later in this document.
- IESS is a joint asset with Command, Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps users.
- The Services will continue to pursue a robust formal IESS training
program at the schoolhouses without adding training days to the curriculum.
- The use site OJT programs to conduct IESS training will be kept to a
minimum. Sites are heavily embroiled in day-to-day operational activities and
have little time for consuming training functions.
- The IESS training program will be developed and implemented within the
funding constraints of the development contract.
Training/User
Organizations
5.0
The following organizations are directly involved in the development
and implementation of the IESS training program.
5.1.1
Management Responsibility
Management of the IESS training program is a dual responsibility of the
497IG/INDDI, acting as the Department of Defense Intelligence Information
System (DoDIIS) Executive Agent (DExA), and Rome Laboratory/IRD-1 as the
Program Management Office.
As the DExA, the 497IG/INDDI has the responsibility for defining IESS program
training requirements, developing and implementing the TMP, providing
developer-generated training and furnishing IESS training materials to Service
schoolhouses and site/unit OJT programs for use in their training initiatives.
The Program Management Office (PMO) at Rome Laboratory is responsible for
overseeing the contractual requirements as they pertain to developer-furnished
IESS training.
- 497IG/INDDI
Mr. Wayne Gass
240 Luke Ave, Bldg 1304, Suite 206
Bolling AFB, Washington DC 20332-7030
DSN 297-0244, Commercial (202) 767-0244
- Rome Laboratory/IRD-1
Mr. John Vona
32 Hangar Road
Rome, NY 13441-4114
DSN 587-7791, Commercial (315) 330-7791
The developer (GTE Government Systems, Thousand Oaks, CA) is responsible for
providing training to IESS organizations in accordance with the specified terms
of the contract. Training is usually conducted on-site during initial IESS
installation and following any release with new/modified functions. Personnel
to receive this on-site training include the imagery analysts, managers, and
computer operators. Training may also be conducted in-plant if circumstances
dictate. In addition, the developer will generate and provide government
approved training materials to include course syllabus, learning objectives,
instructor/student guides, handouts, instructor notes (Lesson Plans) user
manuals and appropriate training aides. Training materials will be
disseminated via electronic media or hardcopy, at the site's option.
User organizations have the option of requesting on-site developer
representatives to assist site personnel in the operation and maintenance of
the IESS. At AF GDIP-funded sites, the developer will provide one junior
representative. All other sites must provide funding for their
representative(s). On-site representatives are responsible for installing and
testing government-approved IESS baseline software releases and patches,
installing IESS operating system baseline changes, providing support during
exercise and special contingency situations to ensure consistent system
performance, assisting site personnel in maintaining IESS tables, assisting
site personnel in performing hardware configuration audits for new operating
systems, providing familiarization for IESS site personnel, and providing
system administration and software maintenance support.
The following organizations will provide guidance to the IESS Program in
developing, implementing, evaluating, and managing IESS training.
The National Imagery and Mapping College, College Administration and Policy,
will monitor the training requirements of the IESS Program, provide guidance
and assistance in defining and validating IESS training requirements, and
oversee IESS training activities. The IESS TMP will be briefed and submitted
to NIMA's Community Imagery Training Council (CITC) for approval.
The DIA is responsible for overseeing the training activities of all DoDIIS
migration systems, including IESS, to ensure that institutional general
intelligence training is effective, efficient, and responsive to the
intelligence analyst's needs. The General Intelligence Training System (GITS)
Branch, DIA is responsible for monitoring course curriculum for GITS
intelligence training.
User organizations are those service and/or command imagery exploitation
organizations that utilize or plan to utilize an IESS. User organizations
share in the responsibility for identifying user training requirements.
Users are those individuals who use the IESS in the accomplishment of their
unit's day-to-day imagery exploitation mission. Also included in this category
are those personnel assigned to maintain the IESS operational.
The Imagery Analyst (IA) is the principal user of the IESS. The sole IA
interface to the system is through the analyst workstation. The IAs are
responsible for performing imagery exploitation and generating imagery-derived
intelligence products.
- The Exploitation Requirements Manager has the responsibility for
maintaining the accuracy, currency, and completeness of the data base
requirements which levy exploitation and dissemination tasking on the local
site.
- The Dissemination Manager has the responsibility for managing
imagery dissemination parameters and processes, and controls and prioritizes
the imagery ordering process.
- The Exploitation Manager has the responsibility for managing the
exploitation tasks and production of imagery-derived intelligence
reports/products through the monitoring of the various parameters and workload
assignments.
- The Data Base Manager is responsible for maintaining the
accuracy, currency, and completeness of the IESS data base.
Computer operator personnel are responsible for maintaining continuity of the
day-to-day operations of the IESS and for maintaining the site-dependent data
files and tables. They compile and link those modules required as a result of
changes made to site-dependent data. They interface directly with the system
hardware and indirectly, via the system monitor console, with the software.
The operators serve as both communications and computer operations specialists.
Training
Requirements
6.0
The following paragraphs provide the top level training requirements
for the IESS.
IESS training will be developed as a team effort between the DExA, the Program
Management Office, the Service training centers, the developer, and the users.
It will enable imagery analysts to use IESS effectively in providing imagery
exploitation support to the warfighter and decision makers. The foundation of
the IESS training program is the use of experienced and knowledgeable
supervisors to provide site OJT programs to enhance and expand upon the formal
and developer-furnished training.
The mission of the IESS training program is to train the imagery-analyst on the
functionality and operation of the IESS to the proficiency level required to
perform the duties/tasks necessary to accomplish the imagery exploitation task.
The program must also provide training to ensure the effective operation and
maintenance of the system.
6.3.1
Imagery Analysts
The Imagery Analyst needs to understand the imagery intelligence cycle and
specifically the imagery exploitation and reporting process. They must
understand the role that IESS plays in managing the imagery exploitation and
reporting process and they must be able to use the IESS functions that
facilitates the exploitation and reporting effort. Specific skills needed by
the IAs to effectively and efficiently operate the system and perform their
exploitation duties include:
- Understand IESS concept of operations and terminology.
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Familiarization with IESS interfaces with other systems and their
functionality in ordering, receipt, and exploitation of imagery; production of
imagery reports; and distribution of imagery and imagery products
processes.
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Ability to sign on the system; use the window and pull-down
menus; use the help, print, and exit functions, and log off the
system.
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Ability to use the IESS Main Menu functions (to include
Exploitation Requirements Management, Dissemination Management, Database
Management, System Administration, Exploitation Management, and General
Support).
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Ability to use the query capability of the system to include the
Query Database, IIR Query, BE Query, Query EEI, and Query Target ID
functions.
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Ability to use the IIR History, HOC Coverage, Requirements
Display, Target Specs, Latest Reports, OB High Count, and IA Notes functions to
research a target.
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Ability to use the Task Determination and Item Create functions
to write an imagery intelligence report.
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Ability to perform Coordinate Conversions and Date Conversions.
Specific management responsibilities vary from site to site. While IESS
defines five functional areas (Exploitation Requirements, Dissemination,
Exploitation, Data Base, and General Support), it is each site's prerogative
how those areas are managed. One site may elect to assign one individual to
oversee all five areas, while other sites may assign one individual to each
area, or any combination in-between. Therefore, managers require a more
in-depth understanding of IESS and the relationship between the five functional
areas. In addition to requiring a knowledge of the above-listed IA skills,
managers must also have the following:
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Understand the functions and operations associated with the five
IESS functional management areas.
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Understand the requirements management/collection process to
ensure that site requirements are defined and forwarded to the Requirements
Management System (RMS).
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In-depth knowledge and understanding of the external IESS
interfaces (RMS, Image Data Exploitation System II (IDEX II), Defense
Dissemination System (DDS), etc.).
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Ability to define site parameters for ordering imagery,
distributing reports, etc.
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Understand the IESS review and validation process for imagery
reports.
Computer systems operators will require a system level technical understanding
of the hardware and software capabilities of IESS, to include the IESS
databases, software applications, and internal and external interfaces with the
systems and infrastructures supporting the IESS. The operators serve as both
communications and computer operational specialists. Their top level training
requirements include:
- Understand IESS concepts and terminology.
- Ability to maintain IESS hardware.
- Ability to identify software problems and work with the
site-representative to resolve issues.
- Ability to interface IESS hardware and software to common infrastructure
systems, such as communications systems and local area networks (LANs).
- Ability to interface directly with the system hardware and indirectly,
via the system monitor consoles and system terminals, with the software.
- Ability to compile and link data file and table modules as a result of
changes made to site-dependent data.
The only prerequisite for IESS training is a requirement for Imagery Analysts
to have completed a basic imagery analyst course.
Personnel assigned to IESS sites come from all Service branches and exhibit
different types and levels of skills and perform a variety of duties.
Currently, the majority of IESS users are Air Force personnel assigned to joint
command intelligence organizations (JAC, JICPAC, etc.). The Marine Corps also
has a contingent of IESS users at its Camp Pendleton site and in the future at
three Tactical Exploitation Groups (TEG). The Navy has begun installing IESS
units on-board ships with Version 1.1. With the fielding of Version 2.0, the
Army will be incorporating IESS into three MIES and three ETRAC locations.
The following breakout provides worldwide IESS personnel training
requirements:
- IAs/Managers (~1200): This includes the imagery analysts and managers
who use the system to perform imagery exploitation and management functions for
their units.
- Operators (~100): This includes the computer systems operators/database
administrators who perform the daily maintenance and update to the systems
files and databases and maintain the system to its full operational capability.
Training
Execution
7.0
The concept and execution of the IESS training program is as follows:
The overall IESS training concept is based on a coalition of training provided
by: Service Training Centers, Program Office (developer-generated) and Users
(OJT).
Initial formal training on IESS functionality and operations will be provided
by the various Service Training Centers. The developer will provide IESS
training during initial site installation, and subsequent version releases.
Site specific and sustainment training is provided by individual sites through
an On-the-Job Training program (or other Command-sponsored training programs).
Service Training Centers
The Services will continue to pursue/enhance formal IESS baseline training at
the schoolhouses. The PMO will provide these training centers with electronic
and hardcopy formatted copies of all IESS training materials (to include all
new releases/upgrades) to aid in the development/upgrade of a formal IESS
course syllabus.
Today the Air Force provides formal IESS training at Goodfellow AFB, TX
(17th TG). They have incorporated a nine-day block of instruction (that
includes IESS) into the basic imagery analyst course. Training is accomplished
utilizing an operational IESS.
The Navy is in the midst of developing a one week (5 day) block of instruction
(that includes IESS) which they plan to incorporate into their JSIPS-N and
Dissemination Management Course. The course will be taught at the NIMTC, at
Dam Neck, VA, starting later this year. Current plans also call for NIMTC to
receive an operational IESS in December 1997 for use in their training program.
The IESS PMO has initiated discussions, with the Army training personnel at
Fort Huachuca, as to the acquisition of an IESS and the start of an IESS
training program.
7.1.2 Developer-Generated Training
see footnote[1]
Developer training is provided by the developer prior to or during initial IESS
installation and any subsequent new releases. This training is usually
provided on-site by a team of developer-furnished instructors. In the past,
this developer furnished training has varied from site to site depending on
site requirements (e.g., a site that does not use the Dissemination Management
functionality, did not receive that part of the curriculum). Site training
attendance was also tailored to specific user duties. If a user would only be
performing requirements management functions, he/she was required to attend
only the Workstation Navigation, General Support, and Requirements Management
sessions. However, because of personnel downsizing and increased workloads it
is now strongly recommended that the sites employ the "Train the Trainer"
concept to ensure that all site personnel receive all necessary training.
7.1.2.1 "Train the Trainer" Methodology
The Program Office encourages the use of "train-the trainer" method of
instruction in which selected personnel receive extensive training (on all
facets of IESS functionality) by the developer, and they in-turn train the rest
of the unit's users. The advantage of this method is that instruction is
concentrated towards a small group of hand-picked personnel, thus increasing
the learning and knowledge retention curve. In addition, the site gets a small
core of highly trained personnel to provide initial and sustainment IESS
training. A pre-requisite to the success of this program is the selection and
retention of the site instructors. Sites must identify experienced and
motivated personnel to act as their IESS training gurus in order to reap the
most benefits from their program.
On-the-Job training is site-specific and takes into account the unit's mission,
roles and responsibilities, tasking, and procedures. Site commanders are
responsible for developing an effective OJT program to ensure that all assigned
personnel receive site specific and sustainment training. The OJT programs
include the capabilities inherent in the IESS system and how they relate to the
mission requirements/roles/concepts unique to each IESS site. This training
emphasizes the operational mission of the system and "how" and "when" the
system is used by the analyst in performing his/her duties. The developer
provides the sites with all the training documentation and materials necessary
for a structured OJT program.
Training
The PMO is planning to provide the sites with training videos in the v2.0 and
v3.0 timeframe and on-line training with the fielding of v4.0. While not
primarily designed to replace the face-to-face training deemed critical to the
success of the training program, these concepts will minimize the use of mobile
training teams and/or revisits by the developer training teams and greatly
enhance the site's sustainment training activities. This type of training may
also prove highly beneficial for remote (deployed) IESS sites and Navy IESS
systems on board ships at sea. The use of InteLink and Internet are also being
assessed for these purposes.
To assist in the overall training program the following services are also
available to the users:
- On-line help is available through the IESS software.
- A hotline is manned during normal business hours and voice mail is
available around the clock and monitored by the developer during the
non-business hours. All site representatives have the home phone numbers of
their GTE Points-of-Contact.
- Plans are being developed to provide remote assistance from a central
help desk.
- Sites can, on an as needed basis, request additional developer-furnished
refresher training. However, funding for this training is not included in
contractual obligations of the developer, and, therefore, must primarily be the
responsibility of the requesting user organization.
Developer-Generated
Training
8.0
The IESS developer provides upgrade training upon new releases and
new site training to those sites transitioning to IESS.
As noted previously IESS is in the midst of four major upgrades (IESS v1.0 -
v4.0). Differences in the magnitude and complexity of the various releases
dictate distinct training approaches as noted below.
8.1.1.1
Major System Upgrades
IESS evolved from the Computer Aided Tactical Information System (CATIS) with
IESS v1.0 which implemented the following major upgrades.
- Interface with the Requirements Management System
- USSTRATCOM functionality
- JSIPS functionality
- SYBASE Operating System
IESS v1.0 installation at the various sites occurred in the late 1995 - early
1996 timeframe.
IESS v1.0 training was conducted at the time of installation.
IESS was a significant change from CATIS with the addition of USSTRATCOM and
JSIPS functionality and a new interface in RMS. Thus, training consisted of a
one-two week (varied depending on attendees skill levels) functional course
specifically for the imagery analysts and a two-day course for the computer
systems operators. This training was conducted on-site and consisted of
hands-on instruction utilizing an operational IESS system. Class size was
limited to 12 persons per session with the individual sites making attendee
determination. Instructors followed the course outline below when providing
this training.
- General instructions and overview
- Workstation Navigation
- Imagery
- Requirements Management
- Exploitation Management
- General Support
- Dissemination Management
- Database Management and System Administration
8.1.2.1
Major System Upgrades
IESS v2.0 is the result of the following upgrades to the system:
- Enhanced Processing Segment
- Extended Tether Program
Installation is scheduled for mid-1997 (E209 dependent).
IESS v2.0 training is scheduled for late April 1997.
IESS v2.0 training is primarily limited to changes to the Dissemination
Management function and the complexity level is far less than the upgrades in
v1.0. Training will consist of two-day training sessions with the course being
conducted in the developer's plant to site-selected personnel. Training will
take the "train-the-trainer" approach where the trained personnel will return
to their respective sites and train the remaining unit's personnel. The
training incorporates new functionality designed into the system to capture the
enhancements to the dissemination management process with the IOC of the
Enhanced Processing System (EPS) and the Extended Tether Program (ETP). A
training survey was sent to each site's dissemination manager, explaining the
format of the training, the emphasis of the training, and requesting specific
feedback (in the form of responses to the survey on the experience level of the
selected trainee, expected emphasis of this training, and weaknesses or problem
areas that the site would like to see addressed. The actual training course
will then be tailored in response to the survey.
The following is an outline of IESS v2.0 training:
- Dissemination Message flows
- Normal message flow between IESS and System III, beginning with ESDs
- Messages pertaining to retrieving archived information (PIR/PID/RER)
- Messages pertaining to recovery processing (RDM/RPM)
- Overview of IESS 2.0 changes for Dissemination Management
- ETP (System D ESD from System III)
- Enhanced POI Filtering
- EPS changes
- Replaces the PS
- For System B adds IW and redo ESD. Removes TA ESD
- New media of tape
- Customer codes/producer codes
- Can order using different bandwidth compression
- Enhances current Broadcast capability
- No longer process an SEM message
- Eliminates the concept of start and end of sort
- Replaces current IDM types of "current", "ad hoc" and "update" with
"EPS", "RS archive", and "update"
- 2 character Dissemination priority
- Dissemination Function Review
- Requirements changes - local requirements example
- Dissemination parameters
- Message review/creation
- Imagery ordering
- IDM review
- Sort status review
- IDM cleanup
- Quality IMP request
- FAF block recalculation
- Mission coverage
- PID display
- RER review
- Recovery RER create
- Transmission queue review
- IMP count summary
- ESD/POI targets review
- Backup target maintenance
- Backup target parameters
- Backup target database review
For the purpose of this TMP IESS v3.0 training is divided into two principal
user groups, NAIC, the prime recipient of the v3.0 functionality, and the
remaining IESS sites.
IESS v3.0 is the result of the following upgrades to the system:
- Incorporation of NAIC functionality
- Enhanced Softcopy Exploitation Management requirements
- Expanded Navy Afloat requirements
Installation of IESS v3.0 at NAIC is scheduled for October/November 1997 with
the remaining sites being installed during the January - June 1998 timeframe.
A three-step approach has been developed to meet NAIC's training needs - an
informal familiarization course in July 1997, followed by formal developer
training at install and finally an over-the-shoulder wrap-up after
developer-generated training. Formal training schedule for the remaining sites
is TBD.
NAIC, being a new IESS site, together with their unique Scientific and
Technical mission, demands an innovative and proactive approach to their
training needs. The training approach takes into account NAIC's limited
experience with IESS functionality and the unit's unique mission and concept of
operations. It provides for a three-phased program consisting of initial
familiarization training, followed by formal developer training, and finally an
over-the-shoulder training session.
- Familiarization Training
One of the lessons learned from IESS v1.0 training was the difficulty in
assimilating all the terminology and functionality of the IESS system when a
user had no previous experience or frame of reference. Familiarization
training is designed to provide this frame of reference and instill confidence
in the system. NAIC currently operates a system designed especially for their
specific needs (PHOTOLS/HOST 88).
Familiarization training is scheduled to begin in the July 1997 timeframe. It
will be developed and conducted by functional personnel (with previous IA/IESS
experience) within the 497/INDDI and GTE developers. The training will be
designed to map current NAIC functionality to IESS functionality and to
acquaint the NAIC users with the IESS GUI screens and menus.
- Formal Training
Formal training will be developed and conducted by the developer as close to
system installation as possible (November 1997). All personnel requiring IESS
training will be trained on-site utilizing an operational system.
- Over-the-Shoulder Training
Over-the-shoulder training will take place approximately four (4) weeks after
the formal training. This will allow NAIC a chance to use the system
operationally and to identify areas that need further clarification. GTE
instructors will return to the site and provide whatever further assistance is
required. It is envisioned that over-the-shoulder would be a 2-3 day effort.
Training methodology for the remaining sites is TBD.
8.1.4
IESS Version 4.0
Training concept for IESS 4.0 is still TBD pending award of a development
contract.
8.2
New Site
Training
In addition to system upgrade training, the PMO in conjunction with the
developer, also provides new site training -- that is those sites transitioning
to an IESS. Given that new IESS sites lack the experience of the more seasoned
sites, initial IESS training for these sites takes on an increased emphasis by
the PMO. There can be pre-training exchange meetings to discuss overall
training strategy and plans, followed by pre-installation training (on-site or
at more experienced operational sites), formal developer-generated training,
and finally a post-installation over-the-shoulder training session. Site
specific training plans are developed outlining the new sites IESS training
program in detail.
An example of this type of site specific approach to training needs is the NAIC
training program as profiled in paragraph 8.1.3.see footnote[2]
Another example is the training program PMO is currently developing for the
Marines - utilizing mentor training. Mentor training consists of a new IESS
site sending its personnel to an operational site to sit side-by-side with an
IA and become familiar with the IESS. Marine Corps personnel at the MCISU,
Camp Pendleton, recently completed mentor training, conducted by AIC and
CENTCOM IESS sites. Mentor training is done on a site-by-site basis with the
complete concurrence and cooperation of the mentoring site(s). The PMO is
currently working on a site specific training program for the Navy Afloat
program.see footnote[3]
On-site training will be conducted on an operational IESS system. Each site
must furnish suitable space with workstations, white board, a vugraph
projector, and a screen. Room layout must afford each student, sitting at a
workstation, a clear view of the whiteboard and screen.
Training materials will include course syllabus, learning objectives,
instructor/student guides, handouts, instructor notes (Lesson Plans) user
manuals and appropriate training aides. All training material must be approved
by the IESS PMO.
Training will consist of hands-on instruction, utilizing the IESS, of the
new/modified functions and hardware operations of the system. There are no
requirements for training devices to be developed.
and Course Evaluation
The developer will provide the government a review of the course content and a
demonstration of instructor proficiency during a scheduled dry-run not later
than 60 days prior to the training start date.
Upon completion of developer-furnished training, those personnel in attendance
will be asked to complete a course critique worksheet providing immediate
feedback to the PMO. In addition, the Program Office will conduct a 60-day
follow-up critique on the provided training by contacting site supervisors to
assess the quality of the training program their personnel received.
Funding for developer-furnished IESS training (Versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0) is
provided through FY1997 under the current CATIS-RMS contract (Ref m). It is
planned that developer-furnished training will be included in the yet to be
awarded contract for IESS Version 4.0. Funding takes into account course
preparation to include course materials (user manuals, training aids, etc.),
instructors, and travel. Space (classroom) and equipment (IESS) requirements
for the developer-furnished training are provided by each individual user
site.
Formal military training is the responsibility of each command and uses the
resources of their command training programs. User Services, Commands, and
Agencies will provide funding for integration of and attendance at formal
schoolhouse IESS training, and the individual site OJT training programs within
their purview.