Operations Planning Tools User's Guide

Abstract

Operations Planning Tools (OPT) was developed to assist planners in tactical course of action development, analysis, and selection. This document tells users how to operate OPT and how to integrate it in their planning process. OPT is capable of representing tactical engagements of multiple battalions, the routes of an attacker, combat power ratios, battle duration, and attrition of combat power. A timeline capability is provided to help synchronize attacks along multiple routes. Additional capabilities are available to fit many styles of planning, from the standard estimate-of-the-situation to plans made under extreme time constraints. Command and control, Decision aiding, Tactical planning, Tactical decision making, Command and staff operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256524

Entities

People

  • Bonnie L. Mcdonald
  • James P. Flanagan
  • Jon J. Fallesen
  • Paul E. Mckeown

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Consoles
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Force Structure
  • Losses
  • Maneuvers
  • Military Operations
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control