Military Review English Edition January-February 2017 | Page 63

COMPLEX IPB

Step four

Determine adversary
and other relevant
actor courses of action

Define the operational
environment

Step one

Holistic
view of the
operational
environment

Step three

Evaluate the
adversary and other
relevant actors

Describe the impact of
the operational
environment

Step two

Joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment process
(Graphic from Joint Publication 2-01.3, Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment
[Washington, DC: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 21 May 2014], I-25)

1. Define the
operational
environment
6. Evaluate
population behavior

Holistic
view of the
operational
environment
5. Assess group
interactions

2. Describe the
fitness
landscape
effects

3. Evaluate
major groups
4. Evaluate major
groups’ courses
of action

Complex intelligence preparation of the battlefield
(Graphic by Victor R. Morris; steps from Tom Pike and Piotr M. Zagorowski, “Dense Urban Areas: Th