It's an action that occurs as soon as a unit receives a new mission (or when the commander directs).
Question: What is "Alert the Staff"?
100
This is a task specifically assigned to a unit by its higher headquarters.
What is a specified task?
100
These two together clearly protray how the unit accomplish the mission.
What are COA statements and sketches?
100
During this step, staffs compare COA strengths, weaknesses, and identify advantages and disadvantages.
What is "Advantages and Disadvantages Analysis"?
100
It's a task that must be performed to accomplish a specified task or mission but is not stated in the higher headquarters’ order.
What is an "implied task"?
200
It means obtaining appropriate ADP, ADRPs, maps, SOPs etc. to plan a mission.
What is "Gather the tools"?
200
They dictate an action or inaction, thus restricting the freedom of action of a subordinate commander.
What are "Constraints"?
200
It's an event that directly influences mission accomplishment.
What is a "Critical Event"?
200
During this step COAs are assigned weighted values to assist in determining the preferred COA.
What is "Course of Action Comparison"?
200
Together, these two categories make up the Commander's Critical information Requirements.
What are PIRs, and FFIRs?
300
While gathering the necessary tools for planning, each staff section begins updating these.
What are the “Running Estimates?
300
These are important mission information requirements that staffs nominate to the commander in two categories, PIRs and FFIRs.
What are CCIRs?
300
The three are "belt, avenue-in-depth, and box."
What are the three wargaming methods?
300
This is where the staff identifies its preferred COA and makes a recommendation to the CDR.
What is the COA decision brief?
300
It's a point in space and time when the CDR, or staff anticipates making a key decision on a COA.
What are "Decision Points"?
400
It contains the initial time allocations, decision to initiate design or go straight into the MDMP.
What is the “Initial Commander’s Guidance”?
400
They identify those elements of friendly force information that, if compromised, would jeopardize mission success.
What are EEFIs?
400
The synchronization matrix technique and the sketch note technique.
What are the two war-game recording techniques?
400
It is an order written after the CDR approves a COA.
What is "WARNO3"?
400
This officer is the unbiased controller of the process, ensuring the staff stays on a timeline and achieves the goals of the war-gaming session.
What is the COS (XO)
500
This order includes at a minimum the type of operation, the general location of the operation, the initial timeline, and any movement or reconnaissance to initiate.
What is WARNO1?
500
The COS (XO) or operations officer prepares a short sentence or paragraph that describes the organization’s essential task (or tasks) and purpose—a clear statement of the action to be taken and the reason for doing so.
What is a "Proposed Mission Statement:?
500
It is a disciplined process, with rules and steps that attempt to visualize the COA flow, weakness, and more.
What is "WAR-GAMING"?
500
The staff prepares these by turning the selected COA into a clear, concise concept of operations with the required supporting information.
What are orders?
500
These are standards the commander and staff will later use to measure the relative effectiveness and efficiency of one COA relative to other COAs.