Information and Decision Dynamics in Network Centric Environments

Protocol Technologies Group proposes to transform OPLANS and OPORDS from"dumb"text messages into"Smart Documents"(but distributed across the same messaging networks) capable of carrying information with them (e.g., maps, imagery), interacting with their surroundings (users and systems), and communicating with other"Smart OPORDS."In the same way that a collection of linked spreadsheets, distributed by email, can form a project tracking or financial reporting system; a"Smart OPORD"can pull information, from multiple sources, onto the same page; and a collection of linked"Smart OPORDS"can provide shared situation awareness and operational coordination among their recipients, getting and keeping a collection of warfighters on the same page.