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E-OCVM - European Operational Concept Validation Methodology |
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On 24 January 2005, the Joint Programme Board of the European Commission and EUROCONTROL ratified the use of the European Operational Concept Validation Methodology (E-OCVM) by all R&D projects. The European OCVM incorporates some changes from previous versions.
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Read more about the latest version of E-OCVM |
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What became known as the E-OCVM was developed during 2004 at the EEC. The E-OCVM is based on the MAEVA VGH but has been modified by the experience gained from working both on the European Commission's 5th Framework programme called Gate to Gate and on an EEC validation scoping project (known as Valsup).
The E-OCVM uses three different views. Each view addresses different aspects of the evaluation process; the three views are:
- the concept life cycle view,
- the stepped evaluation view, and
- the case-based view.
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The Concept Life Cycle View |
In order to ensure that unrealistic expectations are not placed upon experimental, teams there is a need to create a Validation Strategy and Plan at the Programme level. Such a plan should be created at the start of each stage of the life cycle of the development of the concept; it should focus on the next stage of the development life cycle and outline the remaining stages. This Validation Strategy and Plan should be used to map out the evaluation exercises that will be needed to determine the performance and behavioural capabilities of the concept. It describes typical information that can be expected from the evaluation process during each phase of the concept development life cycle.
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Read more about the Concept Life Cycle view. |
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The Stepped Evaluation View |
For each experiment/assessment, as identified in the validation plan, there is a series of experimental steps that, together, provide a logical structure to the evaluation of the performance and behavioural characteristics of the particular ATM concept being studied.
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Read more about the Stepped Evaluation view. |
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The information generated by the various tests and experiments needs to be gathered together in a way that helps explain to the stakeholders what can be expected from the concept in terms of performance and behavioural capabilities. From this information, costs and benefits can be derived.
The capabilities should address:
- the global performance areas (such as safety, capacity, economic impact, environmental impact, and human involvement); and
- the local experimental objectives (such as workload, usability, or hazard analysis).
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The results obtained can be collected together in a case format. Thus, there could be a Safety case, a Human Factors case, and so on.
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Last validation: 14/04/2010
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