The Systems Approach to Command Center Prototyping

This paper presents the systems approach to designing command centers. This is done by integrating all related disciplines into command center prototyping activities for computer-based system design. Central to this approach is an integrated laboratory environment. Our laboratory is a Command Center Laboratory (CCL). This laboratory is a powerful engineering resource that merges formal systems engineering methodology with rapid prototyping capabilities. System prototyping activities span the design and development process of complex system design. Included is a discussion of the laboratory facilities and roles necessary to accomplish this approach. Finally, we discuss how the laboratory aids all system engineering disciplines in implementing the systems approach to command center prototyping.