HSI 07172003

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Human Systems Integration at the Naval
Postgraduate School
Nita Lewis Miller, Ph.D. Lawrence G. Shattuck,
Ph.D.
Human Systems Integration Program Operations
Research Department Naval Postgraduate
School Monterey, CA
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Human Systems Integration at the Naval
Postgraduate School
DoD Instruction 5000.2 (2003) The PM shall have
a comprehensive plan for HSI in place early in
the acquisition process to optimize total system
performance, minimize total ownership costs, and
ensure that the system is built to accommodate
the characteristics of the user population that
will operate, maintain, and support the system.
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How the HSI Program CameTo Be at NPS

• Mr. Walt Hollis visits Feb 2001
• Drs. Hal Booher and Robin Keesee from ARL (HRED)
  describe their wish list for a masters degree
  in HSI March-June 2003
• Needed to work within the constraints specified
  by NPS Academic Council
• Leveraged GSBPP, OR, MOVES, and newly-established
  SE Dept
• We get permission to enroll students
• Jan 2004--7 students (4 Army civilians and 3
  Naval officers ) begin coursework
• NPS Academic Council approves new degree in June
  2004 MS in HSI

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NPS Process Model of HSI
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HSI Curriculum Review Attendees
External to NPS Sponsor Mr. Scott Lutterloh,
SES, N12F Mr. Rick Etheridge N125 SYSCOMs Dr.
Regan Campbell NAVSEA Mr. Chris
Grable NAVAIR Ms. Trish Hamburger,
SES NAVSEA Mr. John Owen NAVAIR CAPT John
Schmidt NAVAIR Dr. Bob Smillie SPAWAR Other
Organizations Mr. Paul Chatelier Potomac
Institute for Policy Studies Dr. Rick Drawbaugh,
SES US Air Force Internal to NPS Dr. Rudy
Darken Director, MOVES Institute Dr. James
Eagle Chairman, OR Department CDR Kevin
Maher Program Officer, OR Department Dr.
Michael McCauley Research Professor, OR
Department Dr. Nita Lewis Miller Co-Director,
HSI Program LT Brent Olde Assistant Professor,
OR Department Dr. David Olwell Chairman, SE
Department Dr. Peter Purdue Dean, GSOIS COL
(ret) Lawrence Shattuck Academic Associate, HSI
Program
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2 OCT 07
HSI Curriculum Matrix (Proposed Winter Start)
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Educational Skill Requirements
The goal of this curriculum is to educate
Naval Officers of the United States Navy in Human
Systems Integration. The delivery method is an
in-resident course at the Naval Postgraduate
School. Human Systems Integration (HSI)
acknowledges that the human is a critical
component in any complex system. It is an
interdisciplinary approach that makes explicit
the underlying tradeoffs across the HSI domains,
facilitating optimization of total system
performance. The graduate of this program will
possess the skills necessary to function as a
practitioner in HSI. 1. HSI DOMAIN
KNOWLEDGE Graduates will possess a thorough
background in all HSI domains Human Factors
Engineering, Manpower, Personnel, Training,
Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health,
Survivability, and Habitability. Graduates will
understand the basis for the decisions made by
individual domain specialists and will be
familiar with the primary approaches and
techniques used by each of the HSI domains.
2. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Graduates will be
able to perform tradeoff analysis across domains
and conduct empirical analysis within the domains
of human systems integration. They will be able
to apply, at the right place and at the right
time, these analytical methods and tools in both
field and laboratory settings within the context
of the defense acquisition process.
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Educational Skill Requirements

• 3. MODELING and SIMULATION Graduates will
  be able to apply Modeling and Simulation (MS)
  techniques to explore HSI domain tradeoffs. They
  will demonstrate the ability to apply MS
  techniques within and across the HSI domains to
  facilitate the development of military systems.
• 4. HUMAN PERFORMANCE HSI maintains that
  the human is a critical component in any complex
  system. Graduates will understand the basis of
  both individual and team performance in military
  settings. Graduates will understand current
  scientific knowledge of factors affecting human
  performance and human error.
• 5. SYSTEMS APPROACH Graduates will
  comprehend the principles and practices of the
  fields of PM, SE, and logistics, as related to
  the DoD Acquisition Lifecycle. Knowledge of HSI
  influences on PM, SE, and logistics will enable
  graduates to positively influence the DoD
  Acquisition Lifecycle at appropriate times and in
  the right manner.

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Educational Skill Requirements
6. IMPLEMENTING HSI TRADEOFFS Graduates will
learn techniques to develop domain level trades,
impacts, lifecycle costs, and risk assessments,
and the ability to negotiate and communicate to
both technical and non-technical audiences.
Graduates will understand the political,
organizational, social, and economic issues
associated with integrating human-machine systems
into organizational cultures and environments.
7. JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
Students will be encouraged to complete the Joint
Professional Military Education (JPME) program.
This sequence of courses develops an
understanding of warfighting within the context
of operational art. Topics include national
military capabilities and command structure,
joint and service doctrine, joint planning and
execution, and joint multinational forces and
integration at the operational level of war.
JPME includes coursework in wargaming designed to
develop an appreciation of the art of war.
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Navy HSI Education Continuum(source HSI Virtual
SYSCOM)
WORKFORCE
More Education More Time/
Less Education Less Time/
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HSI Training Programs
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) USAF (SYS
160, 260) AFIT and USAFA Georgia Tech Research
Institute (Dennis Folds) NAVSEA Bob
Beaton SPAWAR Bob Smillie UAH Taylor Jones
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HSI Training Programs
AFIT (Air Force Institute of Technology), is now
including a 3 hour HSI module within Systems
Engineering curriculum At USAFA, there is a
Senior Seminar course in HSI for Behavioral
Science and Leadership and SE students.  The
USAF also has online classes - SYS160
Introduction to HSI and SYS 161 HSI in Systems
Capabilities Requirements. They are working on a
third course that should be on-line by summer SYS
260 - Intermediate Human Systems
Integration.   Georgia Tech Research Institute
Dr. Dennis Folds.  He has two classes scheduled
in the upcoming months, one of them in Panama
City FL (perhaps at Tyndall AFB?). He teaches
these on a contract basis and is willing to work
with the military.  John Casali at Virginia Tech
said he has 7 semesters experience in setting up
and managing/teaching contract courses, the most
recent being for the Army at Aberdeen Proving
Ground.   He said he would be willing to teach
his courses to the military via on-site or
satellite.    Wright State University has their
HFE masters degree program completely available
as distance learning.  They indicate that they
would be willing to emphasize HSI.   
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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program

• Based on significant stakeholder demand
• Four course sequence
• Distance learning, asynchronous
• Approx 25 students per course
• Graduate credit earned
• Open to
• All US uniformed service members
• DoD civilians
• US government contractors
• International students
• Cost TBD

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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program

• Scheduled to start in Spring 2009
• Course development underway
• Working titles of the four courses
• - HSI overview (HSI domains)
• - HSI in the SE and acquisition lifecycle
• - HSI TTP (tools, tradeoffs, and
  procedures/policies)
• - Case studies and application

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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program
Course 1 HSI Overview

• What is HSI?
• Overview of HSI domains
• DoD HSI policies
• Service policies
• Individual physiological and psychological
  capabilities limitations
• Team attributes

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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program
Course 2 HSI in SE and the acquisition lifecycle

• An overview of SE and DoD acquisition process
• Focus is on early acquisition activities (e.g.,
  JCIDS)
• HSI inputs to the acquisition process, HSI
  documents, and HSI practitioner activities will
  be examined
• Focus is on leveraging the unique knowledge of
  the HSI practitioner to assist/support program
  managers and lead systems engineers

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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program
Course 3 HSI tools, tradeoffs, and processes

• Extensive review of current and proposed HSI
  tools
• Focus of tool analysis will be on inputs and
  outputs and their role in HSI practices
• Tradeoff analysis represents one of the most
  important aspects of HSI practitioners role in
  acquisition process
• Methods for tradeoff analysis
• HSI processes for facilitating acquisition

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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program
Course 4 Case studies and application

• Proposal submitted to Leonard Wood Institute
• Partnering with Missouri ST
• A capstone HSI course that will allow students
  to integrate the materials they learned in
  previous courses through the examination of
  actual military system acquisition programs
• A historical analysis of both small and large
  military acquisition programs
• An examination of both successful and
  unsuccessful HSI practices
• These examples will be converted into case
  studies

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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program

• Certificate Program Advisory Board
• Seeking representatives from
• - Army - USAF
• - Navy - USMC
• -- NAVAIR - USCG
• -- NAVSEA - Defense contractors
• -- SPAWAR
• Periodically review content
• Make recommendations for revisions based on
  current best practices of HSI practitioners
• Assist in developing applied activities

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Naval Postgraduate School HSI Certificate Program
Whats so good about a certificate program at NPS?

• Five years of expertise in HSI graduate
  education
• Responsive to the stakeholders
• Courses being be developed specifically for the
  certificate program
• Focused on DoD acquisition processes
• Leverages existing relationships with HSI
  practitioners throughout DoD
• Certificate program credits can be applied to
  NPS resident MS in HSI

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Your Questions and Input
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Human Systems Integration at the Naval
Postgraduate School
Nita Lewis Miller, Ph.D. nlmiller_at_nps.edu Lawrenc
e G. Shattuck, Ph.D. lgshattu_at_nps.edu humansys_at_np
s.edu www.nps.edu/or/hsi
Human Systems Integration Program Operations
Research Department Naval Postgraduate
School Monterey, CA
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Core HSI Competency Requirements
HSI Domains
Systems Engineering and Integration
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HSI Core Competencies
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Recommended Content Areas for HSI Education
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The Human Systems Integration MS Degree Program
at NPS

• A rigorous, interdisciplinary academic program
  (Operations Research, System Engineering,
  Modeling Simulation, Acquisition, Management)
• Results in a unique (HSI-focused) understanding
  of DoD acquisition process
• Course and thesis projects focused on applied
  HSI issues of military sponsors
• Provides exposure to a wide array of DoD HSI
  practitioners
• Certification from DAU in Acquisition, Program
  Management and T E
• Education tailored to military professionals
• - Opportunity for collaboration with members of
  all military services and civilians
• Critical thinking demonstrated by completing an
  HSI-focused thesis.
• Joint professional military education (JPME) in
  residence.

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The Human Systems Integration MS Degree Program
at NPS

• HSI Program Graduates
• Are skilled at tradeoff analysis among HSI
  domains.
• Are given a solid foundation in the systems
  approach.
• Have a solid foundation in all HSI domains.
• Can utilize the leading HSI models, simulations
  and analytical methods to develop HSI solutions.
• Provide HSI advice and solutions to the Chief
  Engineer and/or Program Manager.

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NPS Definition of HSI
Human Systems Integration (HSI) acknowledges that
the human is a critical component in any complex
system. It is an interdisciplinary approach that
makes explicit the underlying tradeoffs across
the HSI domains, facilitating optimization of
total system performance.

• Educational Skill Requirements
• HSI Domain Knowledge
• Analytical Techniques
• Modeling Simulation
• Human Performance
• Systems Approach
• Implementing HSI Tradeoffs
• JPME