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| Analytic Methods |
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- Advanced Utility Analysis
- Causal Flow Diagramming
- Decision/Event Tree
- Devil's Advocacy
- Divergent/Convergent Thinking
- Hypothesis
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- Matrix, The
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- Probability Tree
- Problem
Restatement
- Pros-Cons-and-Fixes
- Sorting, Chronologies, and Time Lines
- Utility Matrix
- Utility Tree
- Weighted Ranking
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| Analytic
Techniques |
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- Argument Evaluation
- Bayesian Analysis
- Causal Loop Diagrams
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- Competing Hypotheses
- Probability Tree Diagrams
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| Briefings |
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- BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front
- Assessment
- Likely Q & A
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- Supporting Charts, Tables, or Graphs
- "Action Support" Test
- "So What" Test
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Clearance Levels |
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- Confidential
- Secret
- Top Secret
- Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)
- Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
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| Consumers |
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- President
- Department of Agriculture
- Defense Department
- Department of Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
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- Military
- National Security Advisor
- National Security Council and staff
- NASA
- Policy Makers
- State Department
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| Elicitation |
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- Proactive Statement
- Quid Pro Quo
- Simple Flattery
- Exploiting the Instinct To Complain
- Word Repetition
- Quotation of Reported Facts
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- Naivite
- Oblique Reference
- Criticism
- Bracketing Techniques
- Feigned or Real Disbelief
- Purposefully Erroneous Statement
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| Failures
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- Overthrow of the Shah
- Marine Corps Barracks Attack in Beirut
- Collapse of Soviet Union
- September 11th
- No WMD in Iraq
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Indications & Warnings (I&W) |
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- Indicators: Defined
- Warning Paradox
- Indications &
Warnings Matrix
- Observer Examples
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- Indicators Examples
- Threats
- Anomalies
- Internal Challenges
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