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.
Information
Working Groups and Communities of Practice in the information space
Support
Communities of Practice and Working Groups in the Support space
Seminars
This archive includes past programmes and presentation where the presenter has given permission to share.
Standards
Communities of Practice and Working Groups in the Standards space
Projects
A list of completed projects and their artifacts
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 GroupsÂ
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...
The Supportability Modelling and Analysis CoP
A working group that seeks to identify and promulgate good practice in life cycle cost modelling across the UK Defence sector and contribute to the realisation of the DSCM vision. For further information, please get in touch with Leyton Lark
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.Â
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...
Data Exploitation in Defence : Powered by Tableau – 14 June
“Our ambition to ‘unleash the power of data’ is stronger than ever. Our future will be shaped by how we protect and exploit Defence’s assets. Data will become our second most important asset only behind our People. This is the clear intent of our Data...
Support to Ukraine Innovation Fund
Defence Ministers are calling on UK industry to accelerate the development of equipment for the Ukrainian armed forces, launching a £25 million campaign fund for the design and delivery of equipment to the country across the coming months. The competition will be...