Concepts for Intuitive and Abbreviated Planning Procedures

Abstract

This report examines the applicability of the Intuitive or Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) approach as a framework for developing a military planning process that is easier to perform, more effective, and more consistent with natural human reasoning capabilities than existing analytic approaches. Theories of intuitive decision making are considered because they can inform how people solve complex problems or plan operations in natural settings and serve as a link between planning and decision making in the field. Based on previous models and experimental studies of naturalistic decision making, this report reviews concepts and procedures to support more efficient intuitive planning. This report discusses eleven specific concepts that should be considered in development of an abbreviated, intuitive planning process. This report also presents a prototype process to serve as a framework in which to consider how intuitive planning concepts might be synthesized with existing planning procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1004314

Entities

People

  • David J. Bryant

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Cognition
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Engineering
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Planning
  • Models
  • Reasoning
  • Recognition
  • Security
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • Warfare

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  • Business Analytics
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.