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This course is designed for those who have not been exposed to the joint planning process. Students are introduced to the seven steps of the Joint Planning Process using current joint doctrine. It provides an overview through conceptual planning, operational design methodology and how to be a member of a planning team, including preparation of staff estimates and creation of annexes.

 The course is driven by a notional foreign humanitarian assistance scenario. At the conclusion of the course, students will know how to prepare staff estimates, annexes, and orders.

Students are trained as members of a joint planning group to apply operational art, operational design, and the joint planning process (JPP) to create a joint task force level operations order (OPORD) with Annex A. 

 The curriculum is organized around the seven steps of the JPP and operational design. It also provides an overview of JTF organization, an understanding of how strategic guidance shapes JTF planning, Commander's Communication Synchronization, and an appreciation of incorporating all elements of national power. 

The course emphasizes working within a Joint Planning Group, interagency and multinational coordination, writing orders, and briefing senior leaders. The emphasis on these topics requires participants to break from their tactical level experiences and be inclusive of the non-DOD contributions to mission accomplishment.

Assessments are a key component of joint operation planning as described in keystone documents in the joint publication series and outlines the basic process for conducting assessments. However, these joint publications lack the level of detail needed by staffs tasked to conduct assessments. This course covers detailed procedures that can be used to measure progress in achieving desired results. 

Intro to Assessments provides an understanding of the processes and procedures being employed by joint force commanders and their staffs to plan and execute assessment activities. It provides fundamental principles, techniques, and considerations related to assessment that are being employed in the field and are evolving toward incorporation in joint doctrine. Furthermore, this course supplements doctrinal publications by providing detailed guidance to conduct effects assessment, task assessment, and deficiency analysis. Students will learn practical methods for assessing the planning and execution of joint operations.

Intro to Knowledge Management is intended to establish a KM foundation. Attendees will be introduced to the basic concepts and terminology of KM as currently defined in service and joint doctrine. This course will introduce the fundamentals of KM, a deliberate approach to KM implementation in support of a Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), and the skills used to achieve mission success. 

Attendees will be familiarized with the “why” and “how” to implement KM to establish effective staff processes in order to achieve and maintain effective decision support for the commander and shared staff understanding. 

On completion of this training, participants will have the knowledge, skills, and ability to:  

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