The desired solution is to empower joint planners with accurate force structure, capability, availability, and readiness information and the ability to auto-generate preferred forces against Time-Phased Force and Deployment Data (TPFDD). As a critical set of activities within the JOPP, the generation and selection of preferred forces is necessary to enable improved contingency plan war-gaming and provide more realistic force information on which to base operational, force, logistics, sustainment, and transportation risk and feasibility assessments supporting plan refinement and the IPR process. The PFG JCTD will be developed as a net-centric service that can interface with other capabilities that have the need for a preferred force service.
The primary focus of development will be on generating and delivering an operational version of PFG for use in the field. The PFG JCTD will be based on net-centric technologies and will use a services-based architectural design pattern in accordance with DoD Information Enterprise Architecture standards and guidelines. PFG capabilities will undergo NetOps compliance assessment as well as DIACAP assessment prior to enterprise deployment.
With user-defined parameters and constraints, the PFG service will use a series of business rule-based algorithms to select and recommend candidate preferred forces. PFG will leverage best practices and methodologies from the GFM and the Joint and Service force provider communities.