Design, assessment, and the causal imperative in complex operations and campaigns

Christopher J Hickey, Robert Bradford and Celestino Perez

The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2019, vol. 16, issue 4, 265-276

Abstract: Military planners and commanders participate in two activities, design and assessment, that are currently separate and distinct processes. Military design aims at environmental understanding and crafting well-justified interventions. Assessment requires the discernment of whether these interventions are working. However, the logical and practical connections between design and assessment are under-theorized. We argue that the exercise of military design and assessment must become indistinguishable in practice. Assessment must be a continuous action as commanders and staff officers understand the environment, craft an array of interventions, and determine if these interventions are working.

Keywords: Assessment; design; strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/1548512919856111

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