Operational Analyst
Providing our customers with high quality Subject Matter Expert (SME) services and Operational Analyst support is a core BGI skill. We have an extensive network and human resource pool which allows us to draw from a cadre of operators and instructors with recent and relevant experience in the environment to be supported, and place their expertise at the beginning of the analysis chain. Our people sustain strong ties to their respective operational communities, and many maintain direct involvement through part-time service in the Guard or Reserve components of the Joint Services.
Placing this kind of knowledge and insight at the beginning of the systems engineering process creates clear traceability between the operational/training requirements and the derived technical requirements to be allocated at the system and subsystem level. With this traceability comes the confidence that the delivered system will indeed meet the expectations of the end user. This is the point where many companies disengage from SME involvement until it is time for system test, possibly even delivery. But BGI extends the role of the SME into a key contributor we uniquely term the Operational Analyst (OA). An OA is a SME who effectively combines operational and instructional insight with understanding of industry processes, available technologies, and engineering practices. By having our OAs involved throughout the training or mission system lifecycle, we address the cost, schedule and performance tradeoff decisions that emerge during the course of most programs, while keeping the focus on system quality and usability. OA collaboration with program and engineering management during design, development and integration activities leads directly to programs and tasks that stay on-time; are better able to meet performance requirements in the test and acceptance phases, and ultimately result in products that satisfy the real needs of the end user.
Through BGI OA involvement, your program or company processes stand to reap these benefits:
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Strong operational community ties ensure access to current and relevant tactical thought, employment techniques and training approaches
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Deep network reachback and human resource pool allows us to be responsive to a wide variety of operational skill set requirements spanning the Joint Services, on relatively short timelines
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Operational knowledge pool and collective skill sets give our customers additional reach beyond just the individuals who may be assigned to that contract
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OA’s are trained to collaborate rather than simply evaluate, folding the needs of the end user into industry processes, while carefully considering cost and schedule impacts
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Streamlined testing and clear discrepancy tracking helps to shorten the test schedule
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Improved cost model efficiency through scalable OA support; matching manning to program peaks and valleys eliminates the costs associated with internal SME hires
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Government customer confidence in the delivered solution is elevated with BGI participation
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