Performance Based Design of Training Programs with Moment to Moment Performance Measures

Abstract

Task performance can directly impact on unit/system effectiveness and also indirectly by limiting the performance of other tasks. When assessing the impact of candidate systems designs, training programs, changes in doctrine, MOS staffing etc., the total impact of task performance must be known. A method for calculating the total impact i.e., both direct and indirect effects, is described here in terms of the unit/system/task relationship.

A Moment-to-Moment (MTM) performance measure provides an assessment of the performance of each system task during a mission. The assessment is the total (direct and indirect) impact of task performance on unit/system effectiveness, based on the unit/system measure of effectiveness (MOE). The task performance assessment is calculated by taking into account the performance coupling of each task with those of other tasks. With a MTM measure, task performance is assessed according to its total impact on unit/system effectiveness and not by considering the task to be performed in isolation. The MTM measure can be used to accomplish the following: select tasks for training, establish task performance measures and levels of acceptable performance; evaluate proposed training programs, equipment designs, and procedures; and design system test and evaluation strategies. The paper describes the method of developing MTM measures as applied to measures for maneuvering units.