Activities
The Team Defence Information Task Force sponsors and facilitates a number of Working Groups, each focused on a specific aspect of collaborative information sharing. Their purpose is to identify and progress issues – and to develop advice and guidance for the benefit of Team Defence. Representation includes UK Ministry of Defence (and other Government Departments where appropriate) as well as industry. Participation is open to representatives from TD-Info member organisations and others by invitation.
Communities of Practice
Addresses Industry or MOD interest in a broad topic area;
Should be used as a vehicle to advance common understanding;
Must have a Team Defence Information Task Force Member to facilitate;
Must have a Terms of Reference agreed by Team Defence Executive Team;
Outputs can be used to form a whitepaper, working group or project which are subject to the approval of the Executive Team;
Doesn’t have to produce monthly reports although they are available for the group to escalate issues to the Executive Team
Working Groups
Discussion or defined collaborative working required on a distinct topic area e.g. DEFSTAN 00-600;
Used to advance Industry and MOD knowledge;
Can sponsor the creation of a whitepaper or oversee a project or programme of work once the group has matured;
Should normally last longer than 12 months (although meeting regularity can vary) otherwise a project should be considered;
Must have a MOD and Industry Chair;
Must have an agreed TOR and report monthly.
Projects
Defined, achievable deliverable or change;
Can be the output of a white paper;
Can be an activity sponsored by an established working group;
No longer than a year duration;
Must have an Industry and MOD Project Lead;
Must have a 2* or 3* Sponsor and/or Industry equivalent from Team Defence Strategy Group;
Must have an approved Project Initiation Document (PID) by Team Defence Executive Team;
Must report monthly.
Events
Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TD-Info and other organisations.
Integrated Product Support (IPS) CoP
To support the UK MoD and UK industry in improving Supportability Engineering (ILS) standards, processes (technical and management) and training in order to improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of Supportability Engineering (ILS) programmes and hence...
Natural Capital & Infrastructure Community of Practice
The Natural Capital & Infrastructure (NC&I) Community of Practice The topic Team Defence has defined this in a Defence enterprise perspective as looking and focusing on Natural capital, which is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology,...
Knowledge Fridays Café
‘Knowledge Fridays Café’ These regular informal meetings are opportunities to build our community and knowledge management practice through a series of guest speakers and discussion drawing from our memberships and further afield. These meetings help to inform our...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Team Defence Information Bulletin – July 2022
Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams We really enjoyed meeting so many of you at Defence Information 2022 last month. After the pandemic, it was great to be anywhere! I was grateful to Charlie Forte for opening the conference by setting the scene...
VIMA is proud to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by KBR
VIMA is proud to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by KBR. KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex...
Team Defence Information Bulletin – June 2022
Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams Dear TD-Info members We’re heading towards the mid-year point, and what a year it has been. We are busily preparing for the third of our major conferences this year, Defence Information ’22. Post-Covid, we are...