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... (MCPP), and the Joint and Air Force brethern use Joint Operational Planning Process (JOPP) which, although they are all different ... and how design (agreed- it is a terrible word; I liked Systemic Operational Design because each word meant something) is used. Re: ...

Journal Article - Mar 11 2011 - 9:14am - 72 comments

... fights at COPs Keating and Kahler. American tactical and operational leaders, particularly in the Army, demonstrate the most efficient ... by making a new sense of our environment, describe the systemic nature of the problem(s) to be solved, identify gaps in knowledge, ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 11:30am - 79 comments

... Future: Is Demography Destiny? by Jeffrey Simon Operational Design for ISAF in Afghanistan: A Primer by Julian D. Alford and ... Design by Richard M. Swain A Case Against Systemic Operational Design by Milan N. Vego Victory over Terrorism: ...

Blog entry - Feb 28 2009 - 8:31pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... To Design or Not to Design (Part Three): Metacognition: How Problematizing ... at the tactical level of war by misapplying it to the operational level with design. Army design doctrine does not articulate why and ... a three-word conceptual container. It reminds me a bit of Systemic Operational Design, which has become the intellectual ...

Journal Article - Mar 18 2011 - 7:00am - 55 comments

... and principles of warfighting between the tactical and operational levels of war. Military Review is a refereed journal that ... Here is the January - February 2009 lineup: Systemic Operational Design: Learning and Adapting in Complex Missions by ...

Blog entry - Jan 7 2009 - 7:20pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... to clarify the concept in its practical use out in the operational world. Do you have any examples where Design actually helped to ... need a Force, for lack of a better word, that acts before systemic violence gets out of hand.  A Force that tailors it's approach to ...

Journal Article - Jul 7 2011 - 3:24pm - 75 comments

... adapt, and resist mechanistic action, section 3-58, The Operational Approach, resorts back to linear causality by recommending lines of ... explain in greater detail) some Shimon Naveh concepts from Systemic Operational Design; I think he makes a great point that implies the ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2011 - 8:57am - 34 comments

... the strategic level and MDMP is for somewhere around the operational and tactical levels. Much like planning and environmental ... Here is a link to what I think is a pretty good method. "A Systemic Concept for Operational Design" by John F. Schmitt retired Marine ...

Journal Article - May 9 2011 - 4:57pm - 25 comments

... is increased by promotion times that are too short and operational needs that inhibit quality cuts and necessitate excessive promotion ... say not even marginally adequately...) correct for those systemic flaws. In this, OTOH: "...most...Army leaders...live the Army ...

Blog entry - Jun 26 2011 - 6:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... such as the debate that exists over the strategic and operational goals in Afghanistan. We owe it to the men and women of ISAF to ... Afghanistan Operational Design, or more accurately, Systemic OD (SOD), is what General Naveh of the IDF's OTRI translated into a ...

Blog entry - Sep 13 2009 - 10:55am - 21 comments - 0 attachments