ABSTRACT
Case Study Elements ...................................................................................................................... 578 Keywords ....................................................................................................................................... 578 Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... 578 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................... 578 Background .................................................................................................................................... 579 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................... 581 Constituents.................................................................................................................................... 582 System-of-System Description ...................................................................................................... 583 Challenges ...................................................................................................................................... 586 SoSE Development ........................................................................................................................ 587
SoSE Governance Process ........................................................................................................ 590 SoSArchitecture........................................................................................................................ 590 SoSE Management Process ....................................................................................................... 591 SoSTest and Evaluation ............................................................................................................ 591
Results ............................................................................................................................................ 591 Problem Awareness ................................................................................................................... 591 Dependency Discovery ............................................................................................................. 592 Common Framework ................................................................................................................. 592 Continuous Monitoring ............................................................................................................. 592 Improved Stakeholder Communication .................................................................................... 592
Analysis and Outcomes .................................................................................................................. 593 Epilogue ......................................................................................................................................... 593 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 594 Suggested Future Work .................................................................................................................. 594
Further Questions for Discussion .............................................................................................. 595 Additional Research .................................................................................................................. 595
De£nition Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 596 Bibliography .................................................................................................................................. 596
• Fundamental essence: This case study addresses the emergence of a large system-ofsystems(SoS)informationtechnology(IT)infrastructureandthemethodsandprocesses developedovertimetoacquire,manage,andoperatethisinfrastructureforandbythe stakeholder community.
