Develop Valid Performance Measures for Multi-tasking Environments Navy SBIR FY2010.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2010.2 Topic No.: N102-147 Topic Title: Develop Valid Performance Measures for Multi-tasking Environments Proposal No.: N102-147-0687 Firm: SimVentions, Inc. 11905 Bowman Dr Suite 502 Fredericksburg, Virginia 22408-7344 Contact: James Brewer Phone: (828) 458-3032 Web Site: www.simventions.com Abstract: An increasing requirement for today's military personnel is to perform multiple tasks at high functional levels despite elevated risks and reduced manning resulting in consistent, solid decision making. In response to this need, SimVentions proposes to develop measurable and validated multi-tasking (MT) models and measures to elevate and evaluate Combat System Individual and team MT performance and quantify impact on overall fleet readiness. Leveraging from experience related to modeling and simulation (M&S), Human System Integration (HSI), human performance measurements, human experience modeling, and Navy combat system architecture and operations, SimVentions offers a team that not only focuses on Navy tactical tasks, but also a cross-industry approach that can be adapted to support the escalating requirement to address MT applications across the military, government, business, academic, medical, and educational community. Benefits: Multitasking is a cross domain issue which is becoming the norm across social, educational, business, and military domains. Although each domain has specific environmental conditions, tasks, and metrics, SimVentions strategy will result in general case, reusable, measurable models, and can be adapted and customized to domain requirements. The result would reflect a SBIR-based product solution that can benefit the current GAO/CNO Fleet Readiness Study. Furthermore, because of the toolset's flexibility, it offers the ability to examine human performance and model human experience within fully-immersive, high-intensity, experiential learning landscapes for soldiers, surgeons, teachers, therapists, and students. Return