The Operations Process - Planning

Guided Discovery.

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Suggested Reading

• ADP 5-0, The Operations Process

  • Pages 2-10 through 2-15 based on printed document (PDF pages 38-43)

  • Pages 2-21 through 2-26 based on printed document (PDF pages 49-54)

  • An overview of Operational Art and planning fundamentals and pitfalls in the Operations Process

• Link to ADP 5-0 on US Army Publishing Directorate

• This week’s Study

• All excerpts below are from ADP 5-0

Guided Discovery

You know how to make plans, you’ve been doing it all your life!

How are you at making complex plans? How thorough is your approach to making a plan? How do you plan your life?

Both literature and life love to remind us that the act of making a plan is more important than the plan itself. But is that how we actually act?