AbstractThis paper will present the goals, objectives, and near‐term working plan for the Tools Working Group, a subcommittee of the NCOSE Practices Group. Since the Working Group has only been reactivated in the last nine months, this paper will not be able to include the major results; the most productive period has been that since the January meeting in Melbourne, Florida. A separate paper will be available to NCOSE 1993 meeting attendees at the end of the plenary sessio