User Requirements for an Advanced Technology Unit Training Management System (ATUTMS)

This report documents user requirements for the Advanced Technology Unit Training Management System (ATUTMS) which is structured to provide real time training status information to the Battalion Commander and his staff officers in garrison, with provisions for adaptation to a field environment. An important feature of this system is a data base management capability, permitting instantaneous response to rather flexible queries about levels of collective and individual training, plus facilitating information about individual soldiers. A major consideration in system design was the development of a unified status reporting capability that incorporates information essential for training management while minimizing overlap with other automated systems. During FY 1984 the 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery (1/11 FA), 9th Infantry Divisions, Fort Lewis, Washington, hosted a demonstration of ATUTMS, using nonprogrammable work stations linked to a small minicomputer. Keywords: Computer based unit management.