A Systems Approach to the Digital Transformation of Military Installation Planning

Data has become increasingly crucial for decisionmaking and analysis across the United States (US) government in a complex world with evolving risks. The volume, velocity, and variety of data collected by installations require more effort to understand and synthesize the various types of data. For military installations to modernize and mitigate current and future threats, they need to revolutionize installation master planning. Installation master planning is the process of planning to develop land, facilities, and infrastructure while ensuring sustainability, efficient use of resources, and risk management. PLANNER is designed to digitize and operationalize integrated installation planning, automating data collection and organization to reduce the workforce required by master planners, environmental planners, and energy managers by accessing multiple data sources through the data lake provided by the Virtual Toolbox for Installation Mission Effectiveness (VTIME). It applies a comprehensive systems approach to identify and acquire the relevant data sources required for risk and resilience analysis, provides a single place to access and analyze the data, and provides decision support in near real-time.