Which step comes after Mission Analysis in the AFPP?

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Which step comes after Mission Analysis in the AFPP?

This question tests the step that directly follows understanding the mission and the problem. After Mission Analysis clarifies what needs to be accomplished and the constraints, the next move is to generate possible ways to achieve the mission—the Courses of Action. This COA development phase creates tangible options that planners can evaluate, test, and compare in later steps. Without developing COAs, there would be nothing concrete to analyze or plan around. Once COAs are in hand, the process proceeds to analyze and war-game each option, compare them, and then select the best one, before moving into plans and orders development to implement the chosen course. Planning initiation occurs earlier to start the process, while COA comparison happens after COA analysis, and plans and orders development comes after a preferred COA is chosen.

This question tests the step that directly follows understanding the mission and the problem. After Mission Analysis clarifies what needs to be accomplished and the constraints, the next move is to generate possible ways to achieve the mission—the Courses of Action. This COA development phase creates tangible options that planners can evaluate, test, and compare in later steps. Without developing COAs, there would be nothing concrete to analyze or plan around.

Once COAs are in hand, the process proceeds to analyze and war-game each option, compare them, and then select the best one, before moving into plans and orders development to implement the chosen course. Planning initiation occurs earlier to start the process, while COA comparison happens after COA analysis, and plans and orders development comes after a preferred COA is chosen.

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