Assessment of the Combat Developer's Role in post-Deployment Software Support (PDSS) 30 June 1980 - 28 February 1981.

This study addresses the role of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command, as the Armys principal Combat Developer, in planning for and providing post-deployment software support PDSS to battlefield automated systems BAS. The study is a three-phase effort directed toward defining a viable, feasible, and cost effective functional and management structure for the Combat Developer to provide PDSS for BAS, within the framework of Army doctrine and policy, the Post-Deployment Software Support Concept Plan for Battlefield Automated Systems, and the related functional requirements of the Combat Developer. This Second Interim Technical Report documents the results of Phase II. This Phase II effort was directed toward defining three TRADOC functional and management PDSS systems. The first of these systems, the Baseline System, was developed from information gathered and analyzed during Phase I. The description of this system identifies currently-authorized resources, and also projects resource requirements needed to accomplish future PDSS using the present macro- and BFA-level structure. Next, a Theoretical System, unconstrained by resources, is described which would accommodate all identified Combat developer PDSS-related functions. Finally, a Hybrid System is developed recognizing the realities of current organizational structures and their function responsibilities.