OIS Briefing Template

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Theater Operational Planning and Assessment
Service (TOPAS) Overview
Milton Eng Technical Manager US ARMY
PM Battle Command
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Theater Operational Planning and Assessment
Service (TOPAS) Government Industry
Stakeholders
Mr. Fritz Schulz OSD - ASC Oversight Executive
frederick.schulz_at_osd.smil.mil 703-697-3443

Mr. Gary Buchanan Transition Manager,
DISA gary.buchanan_at_disa.mil 703-882-1447

Mr. Jeramy Biggie TOPAS Program Manager,
SAIC Jeramy.k.biggie_at_saic.com 703-270-8419

CDR Donald Oden Operational Manager, USJFCOM
J9 donald.oden_at_je.jfcom.mil 757-203-3698 DSN 668

Mr. Milton Eng Technical Manager, PM Battle
CMD milton.eng_at_us.army.mil 732 427 3991 DSN 987

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What is TOPAS?

• Operational View Theater Operational
  Planning and Assessment Service (TOPAS) is a
  series of integrated functional web based
  software service modules which integrate Joint
  Operational Planning processes within a COCOM,
  JTF, Brigade, and supporting Components by
  providing a logical and flexible framework for
  common understanding and knowledge sharing during
  each major step in the Joint Operational Planning
  process. Specifically, TOPAS provides Role Based
  Planning, Multiple Plans/Tasks /Events Mgmt
  Synchronization, CoG Intel Analysis, CDR Decision
  Support, Strategic/Operational Assessment (with
  inputs from Tactical), Visualization Dashboard
  and MS Office Reports Briefing auto-generation
  Capabilities.
• Technical View TOPAS is a Virtualized
  Enterprise, 3 Tier, J2EE Web 2.0 application,
  developed by SAIC and managed by PM BC, US Army.

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Program Mission
G O A L S

• Provide the Joint Force Commander with
  decision-aiding technologies and software
  applications that facilitate rapid and effective
  operational planning, decision-making, execution,
  and dynamic assessment of Coalition and Joint
  Operations
• Enable a tightly-coupled cooperative common
  information sharing environment across staff
  functions to improve the application of Knowledge
  Management techniques to time-critical Warfighter
  requirements - readily adaptable to all Combatant
  Commands

TOPAS Requirements

• Provide Knowledge Base Capability that
• - Connects Objectives, Actions and Assessments
  from Tactical thru Strategic level
• Links w/ other data sources

• Facilitate Joint/Coalition Campaign Planning with
  Collaborative Screens and Auto-generated
  Documents and PPT Presentations

PLAN
DIRECT
Decision Superiority
ASSESS
MONITOR
Support Execution of the Plan With
Synchronization , Battle Tracking and Decision
Support Tools
Provide Capability to Dynamically Assess
Campaign Success From Start to Finish and
Maintain Historical Assessment Data
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What is TOPAS?

• TOPAS Capabilities
• - Provide Combatant Commands, Services, and
  other Government Agencies with enhanced
  capabilities in
• Campaign/Plan Assessment
• Decision Support and Battle Command
• Synchronization Matrix Generator
• Event Tracking and Monitoring
• Strategic and Operational Assessment
• Horizontal and Vertical Collaboration
• Flexible Report Auto-generation
  (MSOffice)
• - Provide whole of government capabilities
  that have common utility across OGAs, COCOMs,
  JTF, CORPS and Division levels.
• Support MDMP in Armistice, Crisis, Conflict and
  Stability Operations.

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Where is TOPAS deployed and employed?
SOCEURSIPR/JWICS GWOT OEF- Trans Sahara.
Operational planning Assessment SOCAFRICA
Assessments

• CFC/USFKSIPR/JWICS
• Low Intensity Conflict
• CONPLAN 5027
• Current OPLAN Revisions
• KM Approach to Operations
• Real World Daily SITREP
• Key Resolve/Ulchi Forward Guardian

CJTF-101st CJSOTF-A SIPR Operational Planning
Assessment
USCENTCOM/USCENTCOM Forward TPSE Development

• USPACOM/SOCPAC
• SIPR/JWICS
• Low/Med Intensity Conflict
• Theater Security Campaign
• Operational Planning Assessment
• GWOT
• Terminal Fury

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TOPAS Concept of Operation
Design Based on Joint Pubs 3-0 5-0 Models and
the Plan-Direct-Monitor-Assess Process
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TOPAS Capabilities -PLANNING
Mission Planning Tree

• Multiple Plans creation capability with
  horizontal and vertical integration
• COA Dev Selection
• Configurable Plan Design for process/terminology
  variation
• User Role Control on a per Plan basis
• Based on JP 3.0, 5.0 - Initiation, Mission
  Analysis, COA Dev, Analysis, and Selection
• Configurable, Dynamic Synchronization Matrix
• OPLAN, Appendix Auto-generation (MS Office) Your
  Work Faster

Sync Matrix
Captures key elements of Plans and automatically
populates Operations and Assessment workflows.
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TOPAS Capabilities -OPERATIONS

• Objectives/LOO/Task/Event Tracking
• Event/Task Dynamic Sync Matrix
• Visualization of Plan CDR Decision Sequence
  Status
• Comprehensive CCIR Tracking Repository
• Historical Record of Operational Status
• Role Based Access on per Plan Basis
• CDR Decision Brief
• auto-generation (MS Office)

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TOPAS Capabilities ASSESSMENTS(1)

• Comprehensive Assessment Indicator Repository
• Role Based controls on a per measure basis
  (Event, Task, Obj, MOE, MOEI , MOP)
• Configurable Assessment Framework for COCOM
  process variance
• Ex) Objective-Effect-MOE-MOEI vs
  Objective-LOO-Country-MOE
• Complete History of Assessments from Plan
  Inception
• Maintains Assessment Tree Config changes over
  time (for assessing diff OPS focus across phases)
• Automated weighted average roll up of
  assessments to Plan Objectives, LOOs, etc
• Auto-generates Customizable Assessment Briefs (MS
  Office) Your Work Faster

Define your own assessment Battle Rhythm
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TOPAS Capabilities ASSESSMENTS(2)

• Thermograph Detail A Single Metric (Obj, LOO,
  Effect, MOE, MOP, Task, Event)

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TOPAS Capabilities ASSESSMENT(3)

• Assessment Workflow-Assignment Status Mgmt View

Assign/Track assessment responsibility per
measure to one or many responsible
components/orgs.
Export Assessment Historical Data into Graphs,
Briefs, Charts
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TOPAS Capabilities ASSESSMENT(4)
Assessment Tree State History Maintains
configuration history of added/removed Assessment
metrics (MOE, MOP, Event, Task) to/from Plan
Assessment tree. This enables seamless changes to
Assessment priorities as operational focus
changes across phases while maintaining ability
to go back and view past assessment tree states
for analysis, hotwash.
16 June H15
15 June H17
17 June H16
Move Fwd 1 Day
Note the Date 16 June
Go to past assessment Date 15 June
Notice MOE 1-1-1 is still disconnected
Note MOE 1-1-1 reappears
Disconnect MOE 1-1-1
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TOPAS Capabilities ASSESSMENTS(5)

• WORKSPACES creates a private sandbox where one
  or more role enabled assessors can create one or
  many assessments against a given measure at a
  particular time. The Lead Assessor vets the
  inputs and PUBLISHes the finished product so all
  other users (including CDR) with access to the
  particular plan can view.
• Open Publish Workspaces

(1)Lead Assessor Opens new workspace on 16 June
(3)Lead Assessor reviews Component and/or Staff
Sandbox assessments (4) Makes final selection
(5) Saves and Publishes final assessment for 16
June
(2)Plan Assessors conduct assessments
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TOPAS Capabilities DASHBOARD

• One Stop Visualization Tool across all functional
  areas
• Configurable Viewer
• MAPS with geo-referenced assessments
• GRAPHS of Assessment trends with regression
• CHARTS of key measures
• TIMELINES for key event tracking and
  synchronization
• Shareable Dashboard Configuration

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Summary

• TOPAS Knowledge Base (TKB) Drastically Improves
  Combatant Commanders Efforts to Conduct
  Planning Assessment at the Strategic and
  Operational Levels. OM (JFCOM) Final MUA
  Findings
• TOPAS is a Knowledge Management Service for
  Military Decision-Making Process, Information
  Synchronization.
• TOPAS Provides Integrated Decision Support,
  Operational Assessment and Planning Capability
  for Analysis, Planning, and Execution.
• TOPAS Provides a Robust, Configurable
  Visualization Capability for Planning,
  Monitoring, and Assessing Joint and Coalition
  Operations
• TOPAS is Highly Flexible and Adaptable for COCOM
  process variances.

TOPAS Delivers Process, Software Application
Tools, and TTPs to enhance Warfighting Combatant
Commands and the Components Capabilities to
Effectively Execute Operations
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• BACKUP

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TOPAS Web 2.03 Tier Software Architecture (Data,
Services, UI)

• Data Representation

Web Architecture
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TOPAS HW/SW Requirement
Server Platform (scaled for enterprise use)
HW
SW
Dual- or Quad-Core CPU, min. 1.8 MHz Microsoft Windows Server 2003
32 GB RAM Apache Tomcat 6.0.18
300 GB RAID Array JAVA JDK 1.6 Update 7
Standard Graphics Card Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Dev. Edition
TOPAS Application, v1.6
Client Requirements
Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher Microsoft Windows 2000 OS
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TOPAS Deployment Process
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