DEFINE BILLET DESCRIPTIONS AND SKILL SETS THAT ARE NEEDED TO PERFORM LEAD SYSTEM INTEGRATION (LSI) FUNCTIONS

In 2008, Congress passed Public Law 110-181, which directed the Secretary of Defense to properly size and train the Department of Defense workforce to do more inherently governmental functions. There was no training path established to support this law. Therefore, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) established such training for the functional area of Lead System Integrator (LSI). The LSI area of study has been conducted at NPS for years through research and cohort classwork. This thesis is a continuation of the Lead System Integrator Cohort 4 Final Report, which did not address the LSI-based billets needed for the System of Systems Mission Assurance phase (more commonly known as the “fielding of the system”) for the warfighter. The goal of this research is to discover whether a reference exists for project/program managers to properly staff their LSI teams through expanded roles and responsibilities with proper Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). Through comparison and analysis of organizational charts, traditional NAVAIR job titles, and known LSI functional areas, this thesis tries to define position descriptions and KSAs that are needed to perform an LSI function. The study used four different program offices that state they operate projects as LSI inside their program offices.Civilian, Department of the NavyApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited

Defining an enterprise lead systems integration (LSI) framework

In the modern operational environment, multiple systems forming a System of Systems (SoS) are required to satisfy the spectrum of capabilities needed to satisfy the mission. Accomplishing the mission has always been a SoS endeavor, where integrating multiple systems into a SoS has been left to small communities of “hero engineers,” or to the operators responsible for the mission. The acquisition and management of these mission capabilities across the SoS lifecycle requires the complex integration of interdependent new and legacy systems from the lowest component level to the highest enterprise level. In 2008, Congress directed government organizations to adopt a Lead System Integration (LSI) process to address the issues with the acquisition, development, and integration of a SoS. This paper introduces an LSI Enterprise Framework that identifies the various levels of interaction, organizational functions, and the universal resources to ensure the enterprise provides a SoS that delivers the required capabilities.Naval Air Systems Comman