JP 506(S) - JOPP Step 1 (Initiation)

Thesis: This seminar builds upon the JP-503 and JP-504 lectures by emphasizing how strategic guidance (such as the GEF and JSCP) as well as planning directives (such as WARNORDs, PLANORDs, and ALERTORDs) initiate the JOPP by tasking commanders to develop contingency plans and orders to achieve military objectives which are linked to strategic end states. Critical in this step is the ability of a joint planner to derive the strategic end state. During this seminar students will be introduced to example GEF and JSCP-like documents to understand where this guidance may be derived as well as learn about how these products will link into JOPP Step 2 (Mission Analysis) where planners refine the strategic and operational military end states, objectives and measurable effects which are instrumental to developing a military course of action (JOPP Step 3-5) to achieve these end states.
 * 1) SOB: Explain the purpose of JOPP Step 1, Planning Initiation.
 * 2) SOB: Explain the role of the commander and staff in the planning process.
 * 3) SOB: Comprehend the synthesis of Operational Art and Operational Design in the crafting of the Operational Approach.
 * 4) SOB: Comprehend the JOPP’s proposed approach toward Understanding the Strategic Direction, Understanding the Operational Environment, and Defining the Problem.
 * 5) SOB: Understand the GEF, JSCP, and GFM and their impact on operational planning.
 * 6) SOB: Comprehend the relationship between national strategic end state, military end  state, operational objectives, effects and COGs.