Capability Maturity Model IntegrationTechnology Conference and

User Group

Capability Maturity Model IntegrationTechnology Conference and

User Group

Lieutenant General Joseph L. Yakovac, Jr.Military Deputy to the

Assistant Secretary of the Army(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

Denver, Colorado15 November 2005

Lieutenant General Joseph L. Yakovac, Jr.Military Deputy to the

Assistant Secretary of the Army(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

Denver, Colorado15 November 2005

� Future Force Characteristics –Responsive, Deployable, Agile, Versatile,Lethal, Survivable, Sustainable…

� A New Way of Joint Warfare� Dominant situation awareness� Networked weapons systems� Joint Interdependence to Small Unit Level

� More Strategically Responsive Land Force� Lighter, more air and sea transportable� Reduced sustainment footprint/ reachback/3

days combat without re-supply

� Technology Enabled - Spiraldevelopment/insertions

� Capabilities Based Force for combatantcommanders now… future!

“Sp aceto

Mud”

“Factory to Foxhole”“Factory to Foxhole”

Train, Alert,Deploy, &Sustain

UE

Future

UE

Current

JIACG

The Future ForceThe Future Force

UAFCS

HSOC

Factory HomeStation

Future Force CapabilitiesFuture Force Capabilities

Supports National Security and Military Strategies

Joint,Joint,InteragencyInteragency

& Multi& Multi--NationalNational

See FirstUnderstand First

Act FirstFinish Decisively

If Capability Maturity Model Integration(CMMI) reduces the costs of systems

engineering components, then what is thenext step to ensure that system of systemsengineering improves cost, schedule, and

overall quality?

If Capability Maturity Model Integration(CMMI) reduces the costs of systems

engineering components, then what is thenext step to ensure that system of systemsengineering improves cost, schedule, and

overall quality?

How many here today aresoftware engineers?

How many here today aresoftware engineers?

How many here todayare systems engineers?How many here today

are systems engineers?

How many of the systems engineersor software engineers here today are

currently involved in a system ofsystems project?

How many of the systems engineersor software engineers here today are

currently involved in a system ofsystems project?

How do you assess the CMMIlevel of a system of systems thatbrings together a group of users

and developers who normallyfocus on stand alone programs?

How do you assess the CMMIlevel of a system of systems thatbrings together a group of users

and developers who normallyfocus on stand alone programs?

In a system of systemsenvironment, how do we define

reuse?

In a system of systemsenvironment, how do we define

reuse?