Commander's Critical Information Requirements (CCIR)
information requirement identified by the commander as being critical to facilitating timely
... [Show More] decision making. The two CCIR categories are friendly force information requirements and PIRs
Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR)
Category of CCIR; designated by the commander to focus information collection on the enemy or adversary and the OE to provide information required for decision making. Identify information about enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations that the commander considers most important
assessing collection
involves two concurrent tasks of assessing the information collection plan and assessing tactical task execution
evaluation of collection assets via
Availability
Capability
Sustainability
Vulnerability
availability
staff members must known the collectors and PED (processing, exploitation, dissemination) enablers available to their echelon, echelons above and below, and how to request and manage these assets
capability
staff must know and consider practical capabilities and limitations of all unit organic assets
sustainability
staff must consider the collection asset's sustainability for long-duration operations
vulnerability
staff must evaluate the collector's vulnerability to threat forces, not only in target area but also along the route of travel
cueing
using one or more information collection asset to provide data that directs collection by other assets
redundancy
involves using same capability assets to cover the same target
mix
planning for complementary coverage by a combination of assets from multiple intelligence disciplines
information collection plan support tools
information collection matrix
information collection synchronization matrix
information collection overlay
information collection matrix (ICM)
links PIRs with indicators, SIRs, NAIs, and TAIs (target areas of interest)
information collection synchronization matrix (ICSM)
synchronizes information collection tasks with the current threat assessment and friendly concept of operations
information collection overlay (ICO)
depicts the information collection plan in graphic form as an appendix to annex L (information collection) to the operation order
planning requirements briefing tool
graphic version of the planning requirements function that combines the ICSM, ICO, and PIRs into one product
immediate retasking
effecting changes or making additions to information collection tasks assigned to an asset after planning but before it being executing the mission
dynamic retasking
effecting changes in the mission of a collection asset while it is executing its mission
commander's require intelligence operations to__________
provide information that is timely, accurate, relevant, and in sufficient detail to enable situational understanding and effective decision making [Show Less]