MDMP

Question 1

Problem Statement

Answer 1

the description of the primary issue o rises that may impede commanders from achieving their desired end states.

Question 2

Steps to MDMP

Answer 2

1. Receive the Mission
2. Mission Analysis
3. COA Development
4. COA Analysis
5. COA Comparison
6. COA Approval
7. Orders Production

Question 3

6 Steps in Receive the Mission

Answer 3

1. Alert Staff
2. Gather the Tools
3. Update Running Estimates
4. Conduct Initial Assessment
5. Issue CDR’s Initial Guidance
6. Issue WARNO #1

Question 4

19 Steps to Mission Analysis

Answer 4

1. Analyze the Higher order
2. Conduct initial IPB
3. Determine Specified, Implied, and Essential Tasks
4. Review Available Assets
5. Determine Constraints
6. ID Critical Facts and Develop Assumptions
7. Begin Composite Risk Management
8. Determine Initial CCIR and EEFI
9. Develop initial ISR Synch tools
10. Develop ISR Plan
11. Update Planned use of time
12. Develop a Problem Statement
13. Develop initial Themes and Messages
14. Develop a Proposed Mission Statement
15. Missional Analysis Brief
16. Develop and issue initial CDR’s Intent
17. Develop initial Planning Guidance
18. Develop COA Eval Criteria
19. Issue a WARNO #2

Question 5

Criteria for a “Valid” COA:

Answer 5

1. Feasible: The COA can accomplish the mission within the established time, space, and resource limitations.
2. Acceptable: The COA must balance cost and risk with the advantage gained
3. Suitable: The COA can accomplish the mission within the commander’s intent and planning guidance.
4. Distinguishable: Each COA must differ significantly from the others (such as scheme of maneuver, lines of effort, phasing, day or night operations, use of the reserve, and task org.
5. Complete: Each COA must show how the decisive operation accomplishes the mission, how shaping operations create and preserve conditions for success, how sustaining operations enable shaping and decisive operations, how to account for decisive action tasks, and tasks to be performed and conditions to be achieved.

Question 6

Steps (process) to COA Development (Process)

Answer 6

Assess Relative Combat Power
Generate options
Array forces
Develop a broad concept
assign headquarters
Develop COA Statements and sketches
Conduct COA briefing
Select or Modify COAs for continued analysis

Question 7

Broad Concept

Answer 7

describes how arrayed forces will accomplish the mission within the commanders intent. Concisely expresses the HOW of the commander’s visualization and eventually provides the framework of the concept of the operations. summarizes contributions of all war fighting functions.

Question 8

Steps (Process) to COA analysis and War Gaming

Answer 8

Gather the Tools
List all Friendly Forces
List Assumptions
List known critical events and decision points
Select the war-gaming method
Select a technique to record and display results
War-game the operation and assess the results
Conduct a war-game briefing (Optional)

Question 9

Steps to IPB

Answer 9

1. Define the Operational Environment/ Battlespace
2. Describe Environmental effect on Operations/ Describe the Battlefield’s Effects
3. Evaluate the Threat
4. Determine Threat Courses of Action (COAs)

Question 10

SIR is what?

Answer 10

• Specific Information Requirement:
  Specific information requirements describe the information required to answer all or part of an intelligence requirement. A complete SIR describes the information required, the location where the required information can be collected, and the time during which it can be collected. Generally, each intelligence requirement generates sets of SIR. (old def. needs validation)