Notetaker: Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief (PBED)

Question 1

Identify

CC Intent, Objective, & Tasks (Specified, Implied, & Essential)

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 1

Mission

Question 2

Identify

Assumptions & Acceptable Level of Risk (ALR) to Mission and to Force

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 2

Mission

Question 3

Identify

Space & Terrestrial Wx

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 3

Environment

Question 4

Identify

Concerns: POLMIL, Friendly Force Status, Physical Environment, PMESII-PT

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 4

Environment

Question 5

Identify

Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (IPB)

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 5

Enemy

Question 6

Identify

Threats & Targets (including HVTs)

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 6

Enemy

Question 7

Identify

Goals, Objectives, Strategies, Methods, COAs, AOIs, and Order of Battle

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 7

Enemy

Question 8

Identify

Direct vs Indirect, Intended vs Unintended

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 8

Effects

Question 9

Identify

Timeframe to accomplish

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 9

Effects

Question 10

Identify

Assigned and Available Forces

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 10

Capabilities

Question 11

Identify

Enough forces or need to request more

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 11

Capabilities

Question 12

Identify

Restated objective, tasks, threats & targets

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 12

Plan

Question 13

Identify

Build step-by-step plan

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 13

Plan

Question 14

Identify

List all considerations and RFIs (missing ME3C)

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 14

Plan

Question 14

Identify

Timeline of planned events broken into smaller pieces

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 14

Phasing

Question 15

Identify

Agreements established to drive action outside a single team that was not previously established

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 15

Contracts

Question 15

Identify

Criteria, Authority, Comm, Action (CACI)

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 15

Contracts

Question 16

Identify

Plan for when things don’t go according to plan

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 16

Contingencies

Question 17

Identify

Plans if assumptions are wrong

ME3C(PC)^2

Answer 17

Contingencies

Question 18

What are the 5 steps to a COA Briefing?

Answer 18

Step 1: MPC summarizes MP results
Step 2: MPC develops COAs based on MP Results
Step 3: MPC creates a COA Brief
Step 4: MPC presents COA Brief to CC
Step 5: CC chooses a COA

Question 19

Identify

Enemy Forces, Friendly Forces, Other Considerations

SMEAC

Answer 19

Situation

Question 20

Identify

Who, What, Where, When, & Why

SMEAC

Answer 20

Mission

Question 21

Identify

CC Intent, CONOPS, Tasks, Coordinating Instructions

SMEAC

Answer 21

Execution

Question 22

Identify

Reporting & Supplies

SMEAC

Answer 22

Admin/Logistics

Question 23

Identify

Authorities & Coordinating Instrutions

SMEAC

Answer 23

Command & Control

Question 24

What is the goal of a debrief?

Answer 24

Identify mistakes, determine how not to repeat them, and pass on that learnin to improve future mission accomplishment.

Question 25

What are the four debrief questions?

Answer 25

1. What happened?
2. What went right?
3. What went wrong?
4. How can we do it better next time?

Question 26

What are the two steps under “Q1: What happened?”

Debrief

Answer 26

• Observe: Alibi? (Controllable? Predictable?)
• Reconstruct: Timeline of Events

Question 27

What are the two steps under “Q2: What went right?”

Debrief

Answer 27

• Identify DFP: What needs to be debriefed?
• Analyze/RC: NOT Mission Impacting…determine Contributing Factors (CF)

Question 28

What are the two steps under “Q3: What went wrong?”

Debrief

Answer 28

• Identify DFP: What needs to be debriefed?
• Analyze/RC: Mission Impacting…determine Contributing Factors (CF) & Root Cause (RC)

Question 29

What are the three steps under “Q4: How can we do it better next time?”

Debrief

Answer 29

• Learning Point: Was the outcome positive or negative? If negative, how do we avoid repeating it? If positive, how do we repeat it?
• Create IF (Institutional Fix): How do we avoid repeating it?
• Develop LL (Lessons Learned): What did we learn? Was it previously identified?