Optimized Command and Control Architectures for Improved Process and Performance: Fid-Bau Portal

Optimized Command and Control Architectures for Improved Process and Performance

E. E. Entin

Evidence in a recent study contrasting team performance in traditional unoptimized architectures to performance in non-traditional optimized architectures showed higher performance in the traditional unoptimized architectures. This was the case despite the fact that the optimization process matched the architecture to the mission and reduced internodal coordination. The experimenters surmised that unfamiliarity with the non-traditional optimized architectures was an important reason for the lower performance in the optimized architectures. The present experiment was conducted to improve upon the design used in the previous experiment so that a valid comparison could be made between a traditional non-optimized architecture and a nontraditional optimized one. As expected, once teams were afforded sufficient training with the non-traditional optimized architecture, they performed higher with it than with a traditional unoptimized architecture. The results provide support for a simple model linking architecture type through team processes to performance.