text: Chapter 1
  preparation of the operational environment, and planning considerations in support of forcible entry
  operations.
  JOINTOPERATIONPLANNINGPROCESS
  1-78. In conducting joint operation planning, commanders and staffs apply operational art to operational
  design using the joint operation planning process (JOPP). This includes forcible entry operation
  requirements. The JOPP is an orderly, analytical planning process comprised of a set of logical steps to
  analyze a mission; develop, analyze, and compare alternative course of actions; select the best course of
  action; and produce a plan or order. The process provides a methodical approach to planning at an
  organizational level before and during the joint operation. It focuses on the interaction between an
  organization’s commander, staff, the commanders and staffs of the next higher and lower commands, and
  supportingcommandersandtheirstaffs.
  1-79. Through the application of operational art and operational design and by using JOPP, the JFC and
  staff combine art and science (control) to develop products that describe how (ways) the joint force will
  employitscapabilities(means)toachievethe militaryendstate(ends). Operationalartistheapplicationof
  creative imagination by commanders and staffs— supported by their skill, knowledge, and experience.
  Operational design is a process of iterative understanding and problemframing that supports commanders
  and staffsintheir application ofoperationalart withtoolsand a methodologyto conceiveofand construct
  viable approaches to operationsand campaigns. Operationaldesignresultsinthe commander’soperational
  approach, which broadlydescribes the actions the joint force needs to take to reach the end state. JOPP is
  anorderly,analyticalprocessthroughwhichtheJFCand staff translate thebroad operational approachinto
  detailedplansandorders.(RefertoJP5-0formoreinformation.)
  JOINTINTELLIGENCEPREPARATIONOFTHEOPERATIONALENVIRONMENT
  1-80. The J-2 has the primary staff responsibility for planning, coordinating, and conducting the overall
  joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment (JIPOE) analysis and production effort at the
  joint force level. The JIPOE supports decisionmaking and planning by identifying, analyzing, and
  estimating the enemy’s centers of gravity, critical factors, capabilities, limitations, requirements,
  vulnerabilities,intentions,andcoursesofactionthataremostlikelytobeencounteredbythejointforce.
  1-81. Joint task force joint intelligence support element or joint task force joint intelligence operations
  center (JIOC) is the intelligence organization at the joint task force level that is responsible for complete
  air,space,ground,andmaritime threatcharacteristicsanalysisforthejointoperation.Itidentifiesadversary
  centers of gravity; analyzes command, control, and communications systems, targeting support; collection
  management;andmaintenanceofa24-hourwatchinafullJIPOEeffort.
  1-82. The joint intelligence support element or JIOC continuously develops, updates, and tailors JIPOE
  products while proactively seeking out and exploiting all possible assistance from interagency and
  multinational intelligence sources. It directs the effort, integrating analyses with all products produced by
  subordinate commands and other organizations and ensures the JIPOE process encompasses a systematic
  analysis of all relevant aspects of the operational environment with tailored products continuously
  developed and updated to support the planning process. (Refer to JP 2-0 and JP 2-01.3 for more
  information.)
  PLANNINGCONSIDERATIONSINSUPPORTOFFORCIBLEENTRYOPERATIONS
  1-83. Forcible entry, which mayinclude airborne,air assault, andamphibiousoperations, or a combination
  ofall three cancreate multipledilemmasbycreating threatsthatexceedtheenemy’scapabilityto respond.
  Theseoperationsarecomplexandhighriskandshouldremainassimpleaspossibleinconcept.
  1-84. Forcible entry operations require extensive intelligence, detailed coordination, innovation, and
  flexibility. Schemes of maneuver and coordination between forces need to be clearly understood by all
  participants. Forces are tailored for the mission and echeloned to permit simultaneous deployment and
  employment.