2023 Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy-2

The Department of Defense will focus on several interdependent strategic goals to accelerate the adoption of AI. These goals are represented in the DoD AI Hierarchy of Needs pyramid, with quality data at the foundation and responsible AI at the top. The goals include improving foundational data management by increasing the quality and availability of DoD data, developing insightful analytics and metrics for decision makers, and ensuring responsible AI through testing and evaluation processes. Achieving these interconnected strategic goals will help build decision advantage through greater use of data, analytics and AI technologies.

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2023 Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy-2

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STRATEGIC GOALS

The Department will focus strategic efforts on several interdependent goals that support the DoD AI Hierarchy of
Needs (Figure 2). The AI Hierarchy of Needs is a pyramid with quality data as its foundation since all analytic and AI
capabilities require trusted, high-quality data to support decision makers. The next layer in the Hierarchy is
insightful analytics and metrics, the foundational models and visualizations required for DoD leaders to understand
their domain and the key variables impacting outcomes in those domains. At the top of the pyramid is Responsible
AI, the Department’s dynamic approach to the design, development, deployment, and use of AI capabilities in
accordance with the DoD AI Ethical Principles while delivering better, faster insights and improved mission
outcomes.3 The layers of the Hierarchy are supported by robust sets of processes. Increased data quality and
insightful analytics are achievable through effective enterprise data governance. Sound assurance processes for
testing, evaluation, validation, and verification are imperative for Responsible AI. Around the pyramid are enablers,
such as digital talent management, that help sustain the Hierarchy of Needs.

Figure 2: Strategic Goals and the AI Hierarchy of Needs

The Hierarchy is helpful as a framework for assessing DoD AI readiness, and for guiding the Department’s goals to
accelerate adoption of data, analytics, and AI technologies to build enduring decision advantage. These
interdependent goals, and their supporting activities and investments, cut across technology, human capital,
process, and culture areas, and are described in further detail on the next few pages.

3. For more information on the Department’s Responsible AI plan, see the “US Department of Defense Responsible Artificial
Intelligence Strategy and Implementation Pathway.”

DOD DATA, ANALYTICS, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ADOPTION STRATEGY 7

IMPROVE FOUNDATIONAL DATA MANAGEMENT: Increase the quality and availability of relevant
DoD data to support advanced analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities.

Consistent with the Deputy Secretary of Defense’s Memorandum

on Creating Data Advantage, the Department will value data as a
product, ensuring the responsible collection, storage, and
management of relevant data to support enterprise needs. All
DoD data is an enterprise resource. The Department will adapt
and implement open standard architectures while abiding by
existing DoD cybersecurity policies and heed industry best
practices for data ethics, data protection, and design as
technology evolves. The Department will also continue to make
its data more visible, accessible, understandable, linked,
trustworthy, interoperable, and secure (VAULTIS). Components
will assess their data across lifecycles using the data quality
dimensions and the VAULTIS framework first outlined in the 2020
DoD Data Strategy.4

The Department’s data management focus will initially prioritize

improving data quality and managing data as a product in support
of the Secretary of Defense's priority areas. To improve DoD data
quality across the enterprise, the Department will develop and
implement a decentralized network among data providers and
users. This network will consist of both process-based and
technical components, distributing ownership across data
domains and treating data as a product. Instead of designating a
centralized data team responsible for managing all data across the
enterprise, data domain owners and data product teams will be
responsible for managing the data products they own and
produce.

Data products will be designed, built, and maintained with the

needs and requirements of its users in mind, just like a traditional
product. By treating data as a product, DoD Components can
stimulate a culture of data sharing and reuse under appropriate
circumstances, which breaks down data silos and promotes cross-
functional collaboration. This product orientation ensures that
data is properly managed and governed, with clear accountability,
quality and interface standards, and access controls. While this
data management approach will not reduce DoD’s organizational
complexity, over time it will improve operational and analytical
data quality, reduce data backlogs, lower data storage costs, and
reduce data redundancy. These improvements will allow DoD
organizations to better leverage their data products and make
more effective, data-driven decision-making.