COAT User guide

Authors:

  • Börje Asp
  • Christian Carling
  • Amund Hunstad
  • Björn Johansson
  • Peter Johansson
  • Jan Nilsson
  • Åsa Waern

Publish date: 2008-01-07

Report number: FOI-R--2409--SE

Pages: 25

Written in: Swedish

Keywords:

  • Assessment
  • methodology
  • complexity
  • communication systems
  • communication networks
  • scenario
  • vignettes.

Abstract

The project Communication Assessment has developed a method, COAT (COmmunications AssessmenT), aimed for assessment of complex communication systems. COAT is a framework of processes, tools and methods useful for a user-centric, well-structured and traceable assessment of the communication system used in a military operation. This user guide describes the method and exemplifies how to perform an assessment with COAT. In excess the guide also gives a short introduction in the assessment of technical communications system.