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What are the seven steps of MDMP?
- - Receipt of Mission
- - Mission Analysis
- - COA Development
- - COA Analysis & Wargaming
- - COA Comparison
- - COA Approval
- - Orders Production
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What is an iterative planning methodology that integrates the activities of the commander, staff, subordinate headquarters, and other partners to understand the situation and mission; develop and compare courses of action; decide on a course of action that best accomplishes the mission; and produce an operation plan or order for execution?
Definition of MDMP.
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MDMP facilitates what types of planning?
Collaborative and Parallel planning.
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What measures do we use to develop units assessment plan?
- - Measures of Effectiveness (MOE)
- - Measures of Performance (MOP)
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How many Warning Orders are issued during the seven steps of MDMP? After which step are each of them issued?
3 WARNO's are issued.
- - Step 1 (Receipt of Mission)
- - Step 2 (Mission Analysis)
- - Step 6 (COA Approval).
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Who is the most important participant in the MDMP process?
Commanders.
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Who manages and coordinates the entire staff; clearly understands the commanders guidance/intent; and provides timelines, briefing instructions, and additional instructions?
Chief of Staff / Executive Officer.
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What are the nine Staff Characteristics?
- - Competence.
- - Loyalty.
- - Team Player.
- - Effectiveness.
- - Creativity.
- - Flexibility.
- - Effective Communicator.
- - Effective Manager.
- - Confidence.
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In which staff characteristic must you be competent in all aspects of their functional responsibilities and know their duties?
Competence.
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In which staff characteristic do you anticipate requirements?
Initiative.
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In which staff characteristic do you utilize creative thinking in researching solutions to difficult and unfamiliar situations/problems?
Creativity.
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In which staff characteristic must you be mature with a presence of mind to keep from becoming overwhelmed or frustrated by changin requirements and priorities?
Flexibility.
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In which staff characteristic understands that all staff work serves the commander, even if he commander rejects the resulting recommendation?
Loyalty.
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In which staff characteristic tells the commander what they believe, not necessarily what the commander wants to hear?
Confidence.
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In which staff characteristic do we know they cannot complete staff actions and staff work in a vacuum?
Team Player.
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In which staff characteristic do you effectively manage time and resources?
Effective Manager.
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In which staff characteristic must you have the ability to clearly articulate and effectively present information orally, in writing, and visually?
Effective Communicator.
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What type of plans work best?
Simple, flexible plans.
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How many substeps are in Step 1: Receipt of Mission?
- 6 substeps.
- - Alert the staff and other key participants.
- - Gather the tools.
- - Update running estimates.
- - Conduct initial assessment.
- - Issue the commander's initial guidance.
- - Issue the warning order (WARNO).
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How many substeps are in Step 2: Mission Analysis?
- 19 substeps.
- - Analyze the higher HQs plan or order.
- - Perform initial IPB.
- - Determine specified, implied, and essential tasks.
- - Review available assets and identify resource shortfalls.
- - Determine contraints.
- - Identify critical facts and develop assumptions.
- - Begin Composite Risk Management. - Develop initial CCIRs and EEFIs.
- - Develop initial R&S synchronization tools.
- - Develop R&S plan.
- - Update plan for the use of available time.
- - Develop initial themes and messages.
- - Develop a proposed problem statement.
- - Develop a proposed mission statement.
- - Present the mission analysis briefing.
- - Develop and issue initial commander's intent.
- - Develop and issue initial planning guidance.
- - Develop COA evaluation criteria.
- - Issue a warning order.
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How many substeps are in Step 3: COA Development?
- 8 substeps.
- - Assess relative combat power.
- - Generate options.
- - Array forces.
- - Develop a broad concept.
- - Assign headquarters.
- - Develop COA statements and sketches.
- - Conduct COA briefing.
- - Select or modify COAs for continued analysis.
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How many substeps are in Step 4: COA Analysis & War Gaming?
- 8 substeps.
- - Gather the tools.
- - List all friendly forces.
- - List assumptions.
- - List known critical events and decision points.
- - Select the war-gaming method.
- - Select a technique to record and display results.
- - Wargame the operation and assess the results.
- - Conduct a war-game brief.
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How many substeps are in Step 5: COA Comparison?
- 3 substeps.
- - Conduct advantages and disadvantages analysis.
- - Compare COAs.
- - Conduct a COA decision brief.
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