Joint Training Information Management System (JTIMS)

Challenge

The Joint staff needed an automated system to manage its large military training exercises and operations that take place throughout the world. The system needed to be accessible to users around the globe. In addition, the automated system needed to manage training exercises in a manner that was congruent with the new task-based Joint Training System (JTS) methodology that the Joint Staff and Combatant and Component commands are using to guide the conduct of all large-scale, military training exercises and operational events.

Solutions

The DRC-developed JTIMS is a web-based system designed that provides automated support to the JTS. JTIMS directly supports the task-based, closed-loop features of the JTS by facilitating the development of an integrated task-based thread to guide all JTS phases.

JTIMS incorporates the Universal Joint Task List and all associated service task lists, making it an ideal tool for mission/task decomposition in support of Joint and service training. The system features easy-to-understand user interfaces such as the schedule de-confliction screen that automatically highlights conflicts in red in the Gantt chart associated with an exercise. JTIMS schedule de-confliction functionality enables users to explore what-if options to "get rid of the red" and thus avoid event scheduling and resource conflicts.

Benefits/Achievements

Ensures that all joint and service component training is mapped to the mission essential task list, making JTIMS an integral element of DoD's Training Transformation initiative.
Provides the framework for implementing task-based training.
Can be used directly to support training readiness assessments.
Received the Defense Modeling and Simulation Training Functional Area Award for the successful reengineering of JTIMS into web-based client/server architecture to support distributed military training management.

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