Situation awareness

The NATO HFM-276 Task Group used a model of organizational effectiveness to develop a set of surveys to identify and understand the HF issues critical to effective ISR operations. The core of the model is the JISR process consisting of the Tasking, Collecting, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED). The data collection plan derived from this model as well as other sources looks at the role of a number of HF issues across ISR operations: basic HF knowledge, situation assessment, workload, organizational structure, trust, information sharing, information management, leadership, culture, organizational process, organizational flexibility, shared awareness and responsibilities, coordination and coordination mechanisms, decision-making, competence, Intelligence Request Management (IRM), communications, meta data, and application system. All of these HF factors will influence ISR operational concepts and impact operator performance. In addition, the report summarizes some practical implications to improve the ISR CD&E process for NATO and non-NATO operations by focusing on developing a HF research methodology that should be included in the ISR CD&E process. This HF methodology would work like a quality control component for the technical and procedural ISR concept development. Research findings are expected to help inform and advise policy and decision-makers at all levels of the ISR chain of command in order to enhance information and decision advantage in NATO ISR planning, mission execution and capability development. It is also expected to help inform the integration of ISR with other joint processes such as joint targeting with regard to identifying current gaps HF related to ISR and integration with other processes.