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This is the first item in your weblog. Feel free to delete it. ^ TOPEnterprise Concept of operation
EA has adopt the concept of operation (CONOP) To see the whole from concept of operation. The high-level Concept of Operations (CONOPS) Graphic is the most general of the architecture products and the most flexible in format. It is intended to portray the operational activities of the agency (the enterprise) in a single graphic.Software Engineering Institute (SEI) sugget that
An organization develops a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) to establish the desired product line approach that it wishes to take. The CONOPS service works with organizations to document the decisions that define the approach and the organizational structure needed to put the approach into operation.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defence 2005
A verbal or graphic statement, in broad outline, of a commander's assumptions or intent in regard to an operation or series of operations. The concept of operations frequently is embodied in campaign plans and operation plans; in the latter case, particularly when the plans cover a series of connected operations to be carried out simultaneously or in succession. The concept is designed to give an overall picture of the operation. It is included primarily for additional clarity of purpose. Also called commander's concept or CONOPS.
The difference between the enterprise conop and system conops is that the enterprise conops decribe the enterprise business operation concept while the system conops is application specific.
This work product graphic provides a concise illustration of the business of the enterprise.
The CONOPS Graphic employs generic icons that can be tailored, as needed, and used to represent various classes of players in the architecture. The icons are used to represent nodes (players), missions, activity or tasks, facilities, equipment, etc. The CONOPS Graphic shows the sequencing of activities and illustrates the flow of information. The graphic can also portray the geographic distribution of architectural elements.
Figure 21 illustrates the three-dimensional nature of the military battlespace and the various players in the ground, sea, air, and space components of the environment. Components include naval ships, ground troops and equipment, airbases, missile batteries, aircraft, satellites; and their respective lines of communications can
also be portrayed.
Figure 1. DoD Battlespace Concept of Operations Graphic
Figure 22 captures the operational environment of the U.S. Customs Service for performance of its Trade Compliance mission. The figure shows the import of goods and merchandise into the U.S. via sea, air, and ground modes of transportation. It also shows the inspection of those goods and the rejection of invalid or illegal shipments. The graphic portrays the movement of those goods to the eventual consumers. The graphic depicts the collection of duties, fees, and taxes and the flow of those monies into the U.S. Treasury. Customs also captures and collects a large volume of statistical information at its 300-plus ports of entry. The Trade Compliance CONOPS Graphic shows the flow of that information to the Customs Data Center and to over 100 other government agencies.
Figure 2. U.S. Customs Service Trade Compliance Concept of Operations Graphic
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Concept of Operation Approach
Concept of operation are created in a free form to capture the enterprise operation in a nutshell. A example of CONOPS approach can be find in.Highway administration in The Federal Department of department transportation suggest the process to create the conops for system.
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