The Operations Process

Question 1

What document covers the Operations Process?

Answer 1

ADP 5-0

Question 2

What are the 4 major mission command activities of the Operations Process?

Answer 2

1. Plan
2. Prepare
3. Execute
4. Assess

Question 3

Plan

Answer 3

The art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future, and laying out effective ways of bringing that future about.

Question 4

Prepare

Answer 4

Those activities performed by units and Soldiers to improve their ability to execute an operation.

Question 5

Execute

Answer 5

Putting a plan into action by applying combat power to accomplish the mission.

Question 6

Assess

Answer 6

The continuous determination of the progress toward accomplishing a task, creating an effect, or achieving an objective.

Question 7

What are the 4 principles of the Operations Process?

Answer 7

1. Commanders drive the operations process
2. Apply critical and creative thinking
3. Build and maintain a situational understaning
4. Encourage collaboration and dialogue

Question 8

Central idea

Answer 8

Commanders, supported by their staffs, use the operations process to drive the conceptual and detailed planning necessary to understand, visualize, and describe their operational environment; make and articulate decisions; and direct, lead, and assess military opperations.