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'''''Concept Developmentdevelopment &and Experimentationexperimentation (CD&E)''''' is the application of the structure and methods of [[experimental science]] to the challenge of developing future [[military capability]].

CD&E is a forward -looking process for developing and evaluating new concepts, before committing extensive resources. It CDE is a process tohelps identify the best solution not only from a technical perspective, but also for possible solutions for challenges involving [[doctrine]], organization, training, and material to achieve significant advances in future operations. CD&E is a way of thinking your way through the future before spending money.

Developing and identifying future -oriented concepts allows youone to:

* test their [[Validity (statistics)|validity]]/feasibility;

* take advantage of other studies/experiments conducted and

* save resources and avoid duplication.

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The potential impacts on interoperability and increased capabilities by emerging concepts must be captured by some process and exploited.

Concept development gives broad and sometimes ill-defined ideas a chance to be examined by groups of experts in a logical process. These ideas can come from different sources: e.g. [[ministry of defense]], industry, servicemen organizations or partners. They can be generated by staff processes, operational experience, formal analytical work, or published proposals. There need be no boundaries on the types of ideas that enter the concept development process, although some simpler ones that modify techniques or procedures might be ‘fast-tracked’ into practice because they are intuitively sound.

Concept development gives broad and sometimes ill-defined ideas a chance to be

examined by groups of experts in a logical process. These ideas can come from different sources: e.g. Ministry of Defense, industry, servicemen organizations or partners.

They can be generated by staff processes, operational experience, formal

analytical work, or published proposals. There need be no

boundaries on the types of ideas that enter the concept development process, although

some simpler ones that modify techniques or procedures might be ‘fast-tracked’ into

practice because they are intuitively

sound. Typically, promising ideas with a

broader scope are explored and refined

through workshops and larger seminars

to the point where more mature concepts

are formed. These concepts are further

debated in committees or working

groups and, if accepted, are submitted to

the experimental process.

Typically, promising ideas with a broader scope are explored and refined through [[Workshop|workshops]] and larger seminars to the point where more mature concepts are formed. These concepts are further debated in committees or working groups and, if accepted, are submitted to the experimental process.

== Kinds of Experiments ==

== Kinds of Experimentsexperiments ==

Different kinds of experiments can be conducted:

* Discovery Experimentsexperiments relieve[a questionable scientific practice] reveal more details of the scrutinized problem.

* [[Hypothesis]] experiments validate specific thesis and

* Demonstration experiments provide an insight into the realization of the a concept.

Once validated and accepted, concepts are incorporated into military organizations – for example, through doctrine and capability development processes.

through doctrine and capability development processes.

== Literature ==

*NatoNATO Code of Best Practice for C2 Assessment, CCRP Publication Series, 2002 ([http://www.dodccrp.org])

*Nato Code of Best Practice for C2 Assessment, CCRP Publication Series, 2002 ([http://www.dodccrp.org])

*Alberts, David S., Hayes, Richard E: Code of Best Practice for Experimentation, CCRP Publication Series, 2002 ([http://www.dodccrp.org])

*Alberts, David S., Hayes, Richard E: Campaigns of Experimentation, CCRP Publication Series, 2005 ([http://www.dodccrp.org])

* Guide for Understanding and Implementing Defense Experimentation (GUIDEx), The Technical Cooperation Program, 2006, ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110522000811/http://www.dtic.mil/ttcp/guidex.htm]) GUIDEx Book ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110522000818/http://www.dtic.mil/ttcp/GUIDExBookFeb2006.pdf]) GUIDEx Pocketbook ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110522000926/http://www.dtic.mil/ttcp/GUIDExPocketbookMar2006.pdf]) GUIDEx Triptych ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110522001345/http://www.dtic.mil/ttcp/GUIDExPamphletMar2006.pdf])

== External links ==

* NATO [[dehttp://www.act.nato.int/cde-wg Concept Development &and Experimentation]] Working Group

* NATO [http://www.act.nato.int/cde-conf Concept Development and Experimentation] Conference

* NATO [https://www.act.nato.int/publications Concept Development and Experimentation Handbook]

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* Concept Development and Experimentation at [[Allied Command Transformation|NATO Allied Command Transformation]], ([http://www.act.nato.int/organization/transformation/jeeacdeindex.htm])

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* Concept Development and Experimentation at [[United States Joint Forces Command|US Joint Forces Command]], ([http://www.jfcom.mil/about/abt_j9.htm])

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