MPAT TE-2COMBINED TASK FORCE TRAINING

Information Management

What is Information Management (IM)

The process of obtaining, manipulating, directing and controlling information

The ultimate goal is DECISION MAKING not information flow

DECISION

UNDERSTANDING

KNOWLEDGE

INFORMATION

DATA

Unity of Joint Force and Effort

Unity of Joint Force and Effort

JFC’s Intentand Concept of

Operations(Planning)

JFC’s Intentand Concept of

Operations(Planning)

Orders(Execution)

Orders(Execution)

Common,Relevant

SituationalAwareness

Common,Relevant

SituationalAwareness

Information Life Cycle

GLOBAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

MILITARY INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

C2PROCEDURES

COALITION ANDLIAISON SYSTEMSSERVICE

HQ & FORCES

DOD C4ISYSTEMS

TACTICAL C4ISYSTEMS

INTELLIGENCEORGANIZATIONS

ENEMY FORCES& C4I SYSTEMS

JOINT HQ& FORCES

PRIVATEVOLUNTEER

ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONALORGANIZATIONS

NEWSMEDIA

OTHERGOVERNMENTS

USGOVERNMENT

COMMERCIALCOMMUNICATION

SATELLITES

INDUSTRY

NON-GOVERNMENT

ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNET

JTF Computer/Telecom Resources

Directorate:

Workstation

JTF HQ: LAN

JTF: INTRANET /

WAN

GLOBAL: INTERNET / OTHER

Information Considerations

PositioningMobility & Tempo

Accessibility

Fusion

Cdr

Staff Subordinates Higher

Information Quality Criteria

AccuracyRelevanceTimelinessUsabilityCompletenessBrevitySecurity

Commander’s Critical Information Requirements

•WHEN TO LAUNCH NORMANDY INVASION

•An info management & decision support tool

DECISION

CCIR

ELEMENTS OF CCIR

•ALLIED TROOP PREPARATIONS

•# LANDING CRAFT AVAILABLE

•DECEPTION PLAN WORKING

•WX/SEA CONDITIONS

•TIMING/LOCATION

•LUFTWAFFE STATUS

•LOCATION OF PANZER DIV

•PIR

- LOCATION OF PANZER DIV & LUFTWAFFE

- WEATHER/SEA CONDITIONS

•EEFI

- DECEPTION PLAN

-TIMING/LOCATION OF ATTACK

•FFIR

- TROOP PREPARATION

- LANDING CRAFT

JTF COMMANDER’S DECISIONS

CRITICAL INFORMATION TOSUPPORT THE DECISIONSTHE COMMANDER MUSTMAKE

TYPES OF MILITARY INFORMATION

Process INTERNAL STAFF COORDINATION

STAFF TIMELINE

ENEMY/FRIENDLY SITUATION

FACTS, ASSUMPTIONS, INTENT, ENDSTATE, MISSION, ETC.

COA STATEMENT/SKETCH

STAFF ESTIMATES

REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION

MTF MESSAGE SHELLS

PLAN/ORDER SHELLS

SHAREDDRIVE

SHAREDDRIVE

MASTERBRIEF

MASTERBRIEF

FUTUREPLANS

FUTUREPLANS

OPSOPS

ETC...ETC...

LOGLOG

MASTERFILE

MASTERFILE

Products CRISIS ACTION PLANNING PRODUCTS

COORDINATION MESSAGES

WARNING ORDERS TO COMPONENTS

COMMANDER’S ESTIMATE

CAMPAIGN PLAN

OPERATIONS ORDER

SITUATION REPORTS

FRAGO’S

AFTER ACTION REVIEW

ANNEXES, APPENDICES, TABS

STAFF ESTIMATES

SPECIFIED, IMPLIED TASKS

LIMITATIONS

ASSUMPTIONS

RFI’S

ENDSTATE

Top to Bottom to Unify the

Force

Bottom to Top to

Monitor Execution

Laterally to Maintain

Unity of Effort

Information Flow

HIGHER

ComponentsComponents

ComponentsComponents

Subordinate

ADJACENTCTF

WHO MANAGES

RFI’S?

J2J2J2J2

CURRENTCURRENTOPSOPS

CURRENTCURRENTOPSOPSJ6J6J6J6

J1J1J1J1

Request for Information Flow

1.STAFFINQUIRY

2. STAFF REVIEW

3. RFI SUBMITTED TO HIGHER

HEADQUARTERS

4. HIGHERHEADQUARTERS

ANSWERS RFI

5. ANSWER PROVIDED TO STAFF

6. ANSWERAVAILABLE TO OTHER

STAFF ELEMENTS

RFI Examples1. “REQUEST DURATION OF SURVIVAL SUPPLIES (WATER, FOOD,

POWER) AT ALL AMCIT LOCATIONS IN XXXXXX AND XXXXXX.”

....AT EMBASSY/CONSULATE COMPOUNDS IN POSSIBLE EVAC SITES....

2. “STATUS OF HIGHWAYS AND RAIL TRANSPORT INTRA-XXXXXX AND INTRA-XXXXXX AND INTER-XXXXXX. RELIABILITY, BOTTLENECKS, CAPACITY.”

...REQUEST INFORMATION ON THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF RAIL LINES BETWEEN TOWN X AND TOWN Y. ALTERNATIVELY, REQUEST INFO ON OPERATIONAL STATUS OF RAIL LINES W/IN 200 NM OF POTENTIAL EVAC SITES

Goal of Information Management - Optimally Leverage Information Technologies

Support Data

Management

Assess Effectiveness

Manage “it”

Rather Than“it”

Manage Us

Information“Quality”

and “Flow”

Questions?

What do I know?

Who needs to know it?

How can I get it there?

How do I know they received it?