Course Description:
This course focuses on the strategies, processes, and technologies of experimentation as a key enabler for defense, national, and homeland security transformation efforts.  The course examines the role played by experimentation, and lessons learned in evolving the concepts and doctrine of  information-enabled network centric warfare and operations, and in informing priorities and choices for investing in future joint, service, and multi-agency capabilities.  The course reviews the principles, key methods, collaborative knowledge management, and visualization information technologies being used to conduct effective experiments.  The spectrum of experimentation efforts currently on-going to support defense, national, and homeland security transformation efforts is reviewed. 

Recommended Attendance:
The course is critical for DoD and other National and Homeland security officers and civilian executives, who have, or aspire to hold, leadership positions with transformation responsibilities.   

Prerequisites
None.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify a spectrum of experimentation methods, analyze each, and recommend appropriate methods that will aid the information leader in transforming the agency to meet the mission.