SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000600180030-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: October 26, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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system Design and
olopment ()roup
If Project : will be devoted to
system
devol+e t. initj*t
Design and veto - A AAW Y O c- it
peat Graup is that segment of the OCR con-
tingent in the CHM Task Farce which will be involved,. through-
out Phase ZU, in system deveelopmsnt and the design of tests for
newly developed tools and procedures. These activities are in
tcted toward achieving and testing operational capability.
Development tasks to use performe b
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Design
. tasks r tir'e a high degree of analytic skill Combined with
background experience in ruing to OCR customer require -
Mentz- I beraa of the $D will, for the most part, work
,rposes, Technical guidance will be supplied initially by
the Development Division (OCS) contingent of th
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Need for senior personnel, sores with OCR operational experience
of at least section chief level, is clear. The responsibility
of than a pe aiti+ux i
n project C i
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ational orgaanir tion of SMa will be three d
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each responsible fog: a set of *'el ate t"a
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eedureas and design; the 'roce+ uresa and Processes Area Will be
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Is for design and development of practical Pro-
cedures for use of the systems the Support Programming Area
of course, be responsible for programming tasks.
Index Area will also include a unit responsible for
suction of a C yword--in-Context) listing
.ce documents. This current awareness- device
fined by senior personnel in the Xndex Area.
Personnel in the three design areas will be closely
ted with Development Division (OCs) and contractor
's of the Z Task force. The working relationship
d characteristic of task force structure
when personnel elements have been drawn from more than one
isation with equal responsibility. individuals within
1 -work on specific and separate tasks, and a
evel of OCR supervisory responsibility within
neither necessary nor feasible. An OCR chief
rea is therefore not proposed. A functional o
.on for these design areas, however, is necessary
:ate informal coordination Ong related activities
hey are in progress. Task integration will be pro-
vided by OCR personnel.
Success of project CUlZ depends heavily on the quality
of design and adjustment activity., positions in XWG
quire unusual exercise of independent judgment and c
with them an attendant high order of responsibility.
Baton of the System Design and Develoen
closely with Development Division (OCS) and contrac
1 in the aMX Task Force, is to design and develop
of a new mater-supported information retrieval
To design and develop index procedures and vocabulary
-trol tools.
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includ:
late selection criteria for input.
establish specifications for information.
management data, and wry files.
4. To define computer interface requirements and design
y procedures.
cations for an all-source
grams
develGp, test, and maintain computer
wt of system elements.
7. To perform such zixtens-n of initial design and
devealo rent tasks as may be identified throughout the initial
implowntation, stage of 'roject Cam.
To achieve identification and Coordination of user
a in the develops nt and testing of the a VE Sysste m.
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Organization Chart Attabed
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Intelligence Officer a--1.
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Intelligence Officer 08-9
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