Appraising design
Abstract
In the context of military operations, ideas about design developed over the past fifteen years to create a process to gain deeper understanding to inform conceptual planning. While all offer a holistic understanding of a given environment and problem to focus military efforts, each offers a different way to develop this understanding. Army Design Methodology and Operational Design require a series of frames that result in a broad operational approach. Systemic Operational Design requires a discourse involving seven steps organized into two major components termed system framing and operational framing. There are several criteria that one can use in order to evaluate these methodologies. A methodology's ability to better facilitate command in an uncertain environment is critical. Likewise, logistics systems should be able to bring material to the mission in sufficient quantities to support success. Intelligence should be sufficiently flexible to allow for uncertainty about the enemy and still provide sufficient data about the enemy. A military's culture may make one methodology preferable to another. Finally, one's ability to communicate one's ideas and intent easily in a common and easily understood language is also a strength. Using the variables of command, logistics, intelligence, culture, and communications, one can evaluate each of these methodologies to judge which offers advantages and in what context.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 26, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1022177
Entities
People
- Donald J. Nunemaker
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College