Appendix A
The Six Steps of Planning
The Six Steps to Planning
1. Determine the mission objective.
- Clear.
- Measureable.
- Achievable.
- Support the high-definition destination (HDD).
2. Identify the threats.
- Internal and external.
- Controllable and uncontrollable.
3. Identify your resources.
- Resources to achieve the objective.
- Mitigate or eliminate controllable threats.
4. Evaluate lessons learned.
5. Develop a course of action.
- Create a final course of action by determining who does what, by when.
- Red Team the plan and incorporate Red Team comments into the plan.
6. Plan for contingencies.
- Trigger/action matrix.
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