Joint Planning Process

Question 1

What is the purpose of Apex?

Answer 1

Apex provides the purpose when, where and how to commit U.S. forces.

Question 2

What is JPP?

Answer 2

Joint Planning Process- Crisis Action Plan

Question 3

What are the 7 steps to the Joint Planning Process?

Answer 3

Planning Initiation
Mission Analysis
COA Development 
COA Analysis and war game
COA comparison 
Coa approval
Plan and order Development 
Assessment

Question 4

What are the 5 paragraphs to a joint operations order?

Answer 4

Situation

Mission

Execution

Admin and logistics

Commo-Signal

Question 5

MOP is what

Answer 5

Measures of Performance

Are we doing the right things? Objective complete

Question 6

Measures of effectiveness

Answer 6

Measures of effectiveness

Doing things right? (killed the villager?)

Question 7

Planning Initiation + Mission Analysis

Answer 7

Strategic Guidance

Question 8

Concept Development includes what steps of JPP

Answer 8

Course of Action Development
Course of Action Analysis and War Game
COA Comparison
COA Approval

Question 9

Plan and order development is what function of JPP

Answer 9

Plan Development

Question 10

The JPP step of Assessment is what function

Answer 10

Plan Assessment

Question 11

Who decides when, where how to commit us forces?

Answer 11

President, Secretary of Defense

Question 12

What is fundamental management?

Answer 12

Ability to manage resources and activities to achieve an operational goal.

Question 13

What are the 7 fundamentals of management?

Answer 13

ABC's
C- Communication 
C- Conceptual
D- Diagnostic
D- Decision
T- Time Management
T- Technical 
I- Interpersonal

Question 14

What are the 3 management styles?

Answer 14

Authoritarian- manages at the top

Democratic- All have by In

Paternalistic- father figure

Question 15

What are the 4 management principles?

Answer 15

Plan and decision making- set goals how to achieve.

Organization- best to the group

Leading- to better organization

Controling

Question 16

What is an example of the fundamentals of management?

Answer 16

An example of fundamentals of management could be working in a program team to update the VTC suites for a Brigade. This example requires the technical background, communication and interpersonal skills to and decision making skills to get the best equipment.

Question 17

What is Talent Management?

Answer 17

Talent Management: Leveraging Soldiers for their skills, attributes, behavior to complete organizational goals.

Question 18

What is an example of Talent Management?

Answer 18

An example is that the Army is looking to put the right person in the right position with the skills, and talents to do the job.

Question 19

What is the 8 step Training Model?

Answer 19

A framework designed to plan, prepare and execute training

Question 20

What are the 8 Steps to the Training Model?

Answer 20

Plan the Training
Certify and Train Leaders
Recon the site
Issue the plan
rehearse the plan
Execute training
conduct AAR
Retrain as needed

Question 21

What is an example of using the 8 step training model?

Answer 21

An example to use would be when a unit needs to complete the Combat Water Survival Test. The leaders need to consider all the steps in the model, IE Plan, certify the cadre, recon the pool, issue a CONOP, execute, conduct AAR and retrain as needed.

Question 22

What is realistic training?

Answer 22

Training that incorporates the training principles; 
Train as you fight
Train to standard
Train to Maintain
Train to Sustain

Question 23

What are some tools for training management?

Answer 23

DTMS
ATN
ACT
EDAS
ETC.

Question 24

What is servant Leadership?

Answer 24

Servant Leadership is a leader that provides influence by giving purpose, direction and motivation to accomplish an organizational goal or objective

Question 25

What are the two constructs to servant leadership?

Answer 25

Genuine concern for soldiers growth and personal development and ethical behavior

Question 26

What are the 10 unchanging principles to Servant Leadership?

Answer 26

Steward- safeguarding resources Healing- spiritual and emotional Awareness- regulation of self and emotions Persuasion- convincing through community Empathy- Understand others feelings Build communities- bring together Listen- use effective listening Conceptualization- visualize and think of the future goal Foresight- use experience to see future goals Commitment to personal growth, spiritual

Question 27

What is time management?

Answer 27

A system for getting things done efficiently and productively

Question 28

What does COG stand for?

Answer 28

Center of Gravity

Question 29

Define a Line of Objective

Answer 29

They are organizational, geographic based objectives | Free Iraq

Question 30

Define Lines of Efforts

Answer 30

They are goals that are event based | (Take a couple cities) deter, defeat, actions

Question 31

Give and example of Lines of effort?

Answer 31

Establishing voting in Iraq, to support a democratic society

Question 32

What are some elements of LOO?

Answer 32

``` S Water Electric T M Structure O ```

Question 33

What is a problem?

Answer 33

When something is different than we want it to be.

Question 34

Purpose of a problem statement?

Answer 34

Identify the problem

Question 35

How is situational awareness achieved?

Answer 35

Continuous monitoring of political and military situations

Question 36

Define the word Center of Gravity

Answer 36

The primary entity that possesses the inherent capability to achieve the objective

Question 37

Critical questions to ask when determining the COG

Answer 37

ID the goal ID primary way List means and resources

Question 38

What are the mission Command Principles?

Answer 38

``` Provide a clear commanders intent Exercise Initiative Create shared understanding Accept prudent risk Build cohesive teams through shared understanding Use mission orders ```

Question 39

What are the 3 effective listening techniques?

Answer 39

Informational Critical Empathatic

Question 40

What is the difference between managing people and managing resources?

Answer 40

Managers lead people | Managers manage resources to support the organization