Content of a Through Life Information Management Plan

Purpose:

Based on the Through Life Information Managment Strategy, the TLIM Plan presents the approach for acquiring, distributing, using, updating and archiving all of the information needed to conduct programme lifecycle activities.

Content:

• Program Strategy CALS (see Annex E)
• Description of the Program Business Environment and Options, incl.:
• plans (incl. overall project plan with milestones / schedule)
• roles through life
• programme participants and location
• IT Environment Assessment, incl.:
• identify relevant legacy systems
• identify relevant legacy data sources (specifically applicable to buying existing DS)
• IT policies and plans

• User requirements (present / future):

• What information is needed
• Who it is needed by
• When it is needed
• What it is needed for
• What form is it needed in

What manipulation rights are needed (create, view, annotate, edit)

• Information requirements (present / future), based on interpretation and grouping of user requirements:

  • Definitions of information needed
  • Management information
  • Tech information
  • Configuration Managemen
  • Logistics Information
  • Product Data
  • Feedback for monitoring achievements

Economical / Legal Information

Envisaged use of information

Anticipated Life Cycle of the information

Form(s) of the information

Management of the requirements and the info itself

• Infrastructure requirements (present / future):

• Telecommunications

• Policies
• Network Architecture
• Protocols
• Bandwidth
• Security (firewalls / encryption)
• Internet

• Hardware

• Computer architecture
• System Back-up
• Physical Media
• Output Devices
• Computer Graphics and Monitors
• Input Devices

• Software

• Operating System
• Database
• Workflow
• CAD/CAM
• Product Data Management
• Documentation
• LSA
• GroupWare
• EDI
• Internet
• Email
• Bulletin Board

• Information Standards

• NATO CALS Data Model
• PLCS Data Model
• NATO Stock Numbering
• CALS Standards
• IETM
• Express/STEP
• EDIFACT
• Bar Coding

• Information Policy (further refinement of PSC)

• Roles

• Ownership

• Security
• Contract Strategy for information and infrastructure
• Information Upgrade plan (e.g. relationship with legacy information (digitise paper sources / convert and import existing digital info / link to existing digital info without conversion)
• Infrastructure Upgrade plan

• Information portability /transition plan
• Sustainment plan

• Infrastructure

• Info Service
• Cultural /change plan
• Risk Management plan

• When is the next review of this TLIMP
• At certain date (e.g. one year after last issue)
• As result of certain events (e.g. after change of ownership of the DS)
• What is to be reviewed
• Everything
• Specific parts