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Functional Analysis of the Next Generation Common Operating Picture

The development of the current generation Common Operating Picture (COP) was motivated by the desire to improve situation awareness within a military command organization –thus leading to faster and better synchronized planning and execution decisions. Like many information management systems found in corporate industry, the COP was built on the same philosophy used for managing physical assets: capture information and put it in a place where it can easily accessed. As a result, the current generation COP has become an “information warehouse” for enormous amounts of information –much of which is poorly organized and validated, difficult to search and exploit, and often of marginal relevance to military decision makers. To overcome these deficiencies, the next generation COP must be built upon a clear understanding of the sociocognitive processes employed within a military command organization to translate available information into timely and focused action. These processes are variously identified in the research literature as information management, sensemaking, knowledge creation, and decision making. To this end, the present paper reviews recent research findings in each of these areas to (1) identify key concepts and models and (2) suggest from these concepts and models specific functional requirements for the next generation COP.