Figure 2. State Machine Executable Architecture from WSE 032
through virtual projection or as print - outs. This is a very timely capability, aligned with the updated DoD Man - ual (DoDM) 5010.12, ‘ Acquisition and Management of Contractor-Prepared Data’, which directs government data access rather than data delivery. Teamwork Cloud supports this framework by providing a shared repository, version control, and con - current access. All team members op - erate on the same dataset. Reviews draw from the live model rather than static slides. The entire artifact pro - duction process can be graphically and operationally documented to fa - cilitate an easy document workflow and assure compliance with the de - sign review form and format. The DoW Zero Trust Policy further reinforces this approach by mandat - ing continuous verification, least-priv - ilege access, and data safeguarding measures across digital engineering environments. Program Protection Planning and cybersecurity also fit within this structure. Current guid - ance incorporates digital engineering tools into a Risk Management Frame - work for aligned environments with controlled access and data manage - Figure 3. Example of Requirement Satisfaction Matrix: Requirements to Components from WSE 032
intruder detected
standby
Torpedo Loaded
entry / Load Torpedo
no hostile
Mission Ready
Mission Monitoring do / Track Enemy Position
after (10 seconds)
fire torpedo
at (2 seconds)
Torpedo Launched
entry / Fire Torpedo
Tracking
Armed
[hit enemy]
[else]
Hit entry / Hit Target
Missed
[destroyed in flight]
[else]
Countered entry / Destroyed
Self Destruct entry / Self Destruct
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ment and reconciliation. The model already serves as the all-too-elusive authoritative source of truth (ASOT), where even risk management can be tracked, as shown in Figure 5. Test and evaluation are likewise in - tegrated into a common distributed knowledge management framework. Test plans, results, and statistical analysis are linked to the require - ments and system elements. Trace - ability links user needs to test out - comes without translation between tools. This freedom transformation of model-based Test and Evalua - tion (T&E) into a direct extension of the system model rather than a separate activity. Applying this to a cloud-based, distributed knowledge management
framework, source selection exhibits a new behavior during the WSE 006 workshops. Mock contractor bidding teams are evaluated by the classi - cal performance, cost, producibility, and supportability. However, in this model-based and tightly integrated environment, contractor data in sim - ulated government review can be presented not in a classical review of wheelbarrows of separate and some - times conflicting design documents but interactively explored in real time through TWC database viewpoints. With advanced preparation, the mock government team can even specify data viewpoints and layouts in the government’s interest and then let the Cameo / TWC environ - ment produce the visualization either
01 Requirements
Legend
Satisfy
1 1
01 Physical Structure
Guidance Computer Photon Torpedo Sensor 1 1
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ment. TWC has specialized user au - thentication mechanisms to guar - antee both valid authority and field access control. Zero Trust protocols are well handled, and any inadver -
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