Objectives

The objectives of this homework assignment are to:

1. Identify technical risks affecting the development and operations of the Command Center.
2. Develop a mitigation plan that is efficient and effective using economic risk analysis.
3. Requirement is Surveillance Drone ground station

Background

The Command Center preliminary design effort is underway, and an important activity associated with the design is risk management.

References

• FEDPAS Physical Architecture

Assignment

Using the command center physical architecture that the team completed in Homework 3, choose several components or subcomponents and conduct a risk assessment of each, culminating in a mitigation plan for each risk. The number of components should equal the number of team members.Note that the team does not have to assign each risk to a separate team member! The number of team members will determine the number of risks that are required in the assignment only. However, the teams may divide up responsibilities for this assignment in any manner.

For each component, complete the following.

Part 1.Describe the risk using the provided template below. Please fill in all the areas and plot the risk on the provided cube.

Identify each risk with an identifier, usually a number. Provide a risk title that captures the essence of the risk. The description should include a sentence that follows the IF-THEN construct; but you are not limited to a single sentence. Describe the risk event thoroughly.

Assess the risk event's likelihood of occurrence and consequences if realized. Use a 1-5 scale when determining the likelihood and consequence. The description should be a paragraph that fully describes the impact to the development or operation of the system.

Risk Title	[Enter title]
Description:	[Enter description]
Initial Assessment:	Likelihood:	[Enter the numerical description of likelihood]
Consequences:	[Enter the numerical description of consequences]
Description of Consequences if realized	[Enter word description of the consequences]

Part 2. Decompose the risk into its components. A component is either a factor that contributes to the risk event, or a source that contributes to, or causes the risk event. Use a tree to represent the decomposition, providing a sufficient explanation/description of all risk components.

Part 3. For each risk, develop a set of mitigation actions that will, if successful, reduce either the likelihood or consequences of the risk. Please use the template below to provide details of the mitigation actions. Be specific and detailed! The risk mitigation actions are intended to be the order of each activity; therefore, the assessment for each action will cumulative.

In the L and C columns, enter your estimate of the new likelihood level and consequence level assuming the mitigation actions were successful. Identify the risk component(s) from your risk tree that will be impacted by the mitigation action. The last column should be the rationale for the action?including how you believe the mitigation action will impact the risk levels.

Mitigation Plan	L	C	Risk Component	Impact Description & Rationale
ID	Mitigation Action
Initial	--				--
1
2
3
4

Part 4. For each risk, perform an economic analysis of your mitigation plan. First, describe the costs of the risk, including assessing the costs of each component of the risk. Second, describe the costs of the proposed mitigation actions. Third, compare the costs of the risk components to the mitigation actions and provide your insight. Please use the templates provided below.

The cost analysis should be subjective with cost levels used instead of actual numerical costs. The cost levels that each team should use are below:

• Catastrophic Cost, representing a "none-starter," meaning the program needs to be halted until the risk is reduced.
• Severely High Cost, representing a major "hit" to the program which may jeopardize the program's success. Overall budget will not be met, and the schedule will need to be shifted.
• High Cost, representing required shifts in resources to mitigate the risk and inviting significant oversight of the program by outside auditors and technical reviewers.
• Moderate Cost, representing some shifts in resources to mitigate the risk which will impact the overall budget and schedule of the program.
• Manageable Cost, representing a situation where the program manager is able to shift costs among internal budgets and not jeopardize the overall budget and schedule.
• Minimal Cost, requiring reserve funds for the mitigation actions. Fortunately, these funds were set aside for this purpose.

Risk Components Costs	Cost of the Component Risk
ID	Component Title
1
2
3
4

Mitigation Costs	Cost of the Mitigation Action
ID	Mitigation Action
1
2
3
4
5

Federal Emergency Disaster Power and Awareness System

(FEDPAS)

Physical Architecture

Introduction

This document provides a preliminary physical architecture for the FEDPAS system concept. Sections and parts of this document are intentionally omitted and will be included as part of student exercises.When fully completed, the physical architecture will consist of nine sections:

1. Operational Node Diagram (provided);
2. Physical Description: Component Tree and top-level physical block diagram (provided);
3. Subsystem physical block diagrams;
4. Subsystem N2 diagrams;
5. External Interface Description;
6. Internal Interface Description;
7. System Data Flow Diagrams;
8. A component to function traceability table; and
9. Design Verification Plan

1. Operational Node Diagrams

Before introducing the subsystems and how they interact through a family of physical block diagrams, the physical architecture begins with a more conceptual view of the system, based on the CONOPS. Figure 1 below identifies five basic nodes to the system. Each of these operational nodes can be made up of subsystems, and some of these nodes may be replicated in multiple instantiations. So, for example, the Mobile Comms Support Vehicle node may represent multiple vehicles deployed in the affected community.

The five Operational Nodes are described below.

Command Center. The command center serves four basic functions: developing and displaying the situational awareness, communicating with emergency personnel, collecting and controlling the airborne and stationary sensors, and directing the actions of the other four nodes.

Hardened Sensors. Developing the situational awareness "picture" requires sensors that are deployed in the community. These sensors need to be "hardened" against the effects of the hurricane as well as connected to the command center to provide data for decision making.

Mobile Comms Support Vehicles. Once the hurricane has past, one of FEDPAS' primary functions is to provide connectivity between authorities, emergency personnel and a community's residents. These stations are deployed quickly and do not rely on either the local power or communications grids. They provide cellular and internet connectivity to residents.

Surveillance Drones. Airborne sensors, carried on drones, will be the mobile "eyes" of the operators. They are stored, launched, controlled, recovered, and reconstituted at the command center.

Communication Towers. Because local communications will most likely be unavailable after the hurricane, temporary communications towers will need to be established to allow connectivity among the operational nodes of FEDPAS, as well as connecting communities to the "outside world." These towers are relocatable and provide comms services.

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