Automated integration for the joint maritime command information system

Budget is one of the primary engineering constraints for United States Department of Defence (DOD) program managers. In order to satisfy expanding requirement sets with less development money, managers have consolidated projects eliminating systems that are designed for the requirements of a single site or class of sites. As the consolidation approach has risen in the hierarchy, the variety of software being brought together has grown and the amount of software reuse required has been amplified. As a result, a new method of system integration has become essential. The paper describes the integration standard and tool set being used by major elements of the DOD, including the Defence Information Systems Agency which is responsible for integrating the Global Command and Control System. By automating integration, the DOD has developed an efficient, repeatable process for integrating the work of many developers.