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Appendix E-- Measures of Performance and Measures of Effectiveness
Pages 165-170

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From page 165...
... , especially those needed to make design trades among alternatives during design and development and to determine the relative contributions of multiple factors. DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCE The development of MOPs and MOEs follows a sequence of steps similar to the following: Identify a military utility (e.g., enhanced tactical small unit (TSU)
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From page 166...
... Simply put, MOPs measure what Soldiers and TSUs are doing but encourage the system designer and evaluator to ask whether the TSU or the Soldier is doing the right things to achieve the desired effect. Examples of Soldier MOPs include measurable enhancements to Soldier mobility and endurance (e.g., due to offloading physical and mental loads, enhancing nutrition, improving sleep cycles, and altering mission duration times)
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From page 167...
... In fact, other infantry-like formations in both the Army (e.g., Special Forces) and other military Services have explored alternative squad sizes and structures, and there seems to be no clear consensus that the current squad size is optimal for any specific environment, let alone all environments encompassed by unified land operations.
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From page 168...
... Although some of the NCOs attributed these lost technology opportunities to "drive-by fielding," the committee believes a more likely explanation is the lack of appropriate tactics, technique and procedures to guide their use, of system integration, and of training resources to enable TSU mastery of the available technology prior to deployment. Accountability to TSU performance metrics would be an incentive for TSU leaders to continually seek better approaches, including new technologies.
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From page 169...
... and the quality of the decisions is a measure of effectiveness. Note also that "appropriateness" of decisions may be a subjective assessment that needs "indicators" -- for example, blue forces unnecessarily sent in harm's way, choice of approach route that does not offer the tactical advantage of other routes, calls missed from subordinates and supervisors)
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Key Terms

  • situational awareness
  • multivariate analysis
  • tsu leaders
  • noncommissioned officers
  • centers visited

  • dependent variable
  • shared situational
  • include measures
  • cognitive performance
  • moes include

  • tsu network
  • military performance
  • independent variable
  • officer candidates
  • tsu performance

  • dismounted tsu
  • mops include
  • field performance
  • engineering perspective
  • environments encompassed

  • radio calls
  • convey appropriate
  • forces unnecessarily
  • postdeployment noncommissioned
  • marine corps

  • substantial knowledge
  • soldier research
  • individual cognitive
  • lost technology
  • evaluate potentially


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