Towards a Modular System Dynamics Approach for Modelling Military Workforce Planning Problems. Issue 1 (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jnitova, Victoria; ElSawah, Sondoss; Ryan, Michael
• Is Part Of: INCOSE International Symposium. Volume 27:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 704
• Page End: 720
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Systems engineering -- Congresses; Systems engineering -- Periodicals; 620.0011
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2017.00388.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2334-5837

Abstract

Abstract: Military workforce planning and management is increasingly drawing upon Modelling and Simulation (M&S) to enhance decision making. This project is to develop and validate an M&S approach suitable for modelling workforce dynamics 'from cradle to grave', offering end users a decision‐support mechanism which is intuitive to use and tailorable to any specific problem within the military workforce context. The project is based on multiple case studies where generic System Dynamics 'building blocks' (BBs) are progressively developed, tested and validated. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Electronic Technician basic training pipeline is the first case study of the series. The earlier problem scoping and conceptualisation conducted by the authors is continued in collaboration with the RAN stakeholders to develop process models for the three existing pipeline variations. These conceptual models are then used to facilitate effective stakeholder engagement, and to inform the design of the preliminary working set of BBs.