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Engineering Case History

The Army's Transportation Information Systems (TIS) Program and Transportation Coordinators'-Automated Information for Movements System Version II (TC-AIMS II) was faced with new technical policy and governance requirements as the Department of Defense (DoD) transformed itself into a net-centric fighting force. These new policies demanded a radical transformation from a program that produced client/server transportation software into a web-enabled, net-centric TIS service accessible over the Global Information Grid (GIG) while still supporting a stand-alone mode of operation.

Binary provided software and systems engineers to guide the execution of the technical transformation of TC-AIMS into TIS. Binary software engineers implemented architecture migration plans using Java/J2EE. Binary systems engineers helped derive and define requirements for Block 2 and Block 3 of the TIS suite of applications. The benefits of the systems engineering work done for TIS included: (1) derivation of testable requirements blocked into well-structured modules, (2) alignment of modules and requirements with enterprise policy and governance, (3) transformation of client/server architecture into web architecture, and (4) integration of largely diverse applications into a cohesive application suite.