text: Chapter 1
  INTELLIGENCE PROCESS STEPS
  1-32. The intelligence process steps are the most basic actions from the initial planning of an operation to
  answering an intelligence requirement and ensuring the answer is integrated into the operation. Just as the
  activities of the operations process overlap and recur as the mission demands, so do the steps of the
  intelligence process.
  Plan and Direct
  1-33. Pre-mission analysis of the OE occurs far in advance of detailed planning and orders production. This
  intelligence assists in focusing information collection and detailed planning upon mission receipt.
  Intelligence planning is inherent in the Army design methodology (ADM) and the military decision-making
  process (MDMP). IPOE is an especially important task in planning and directing, as initial IPOE assists in
  driving the subsequent steps of the MDMP. Intelligence planning should be as collaborative as possible
  across echelons and encompass various aspects of the OE (in terms of leveraging the intelligence enterprise,
  considering the different domains and dimensions, and including the entire staff). The goal is to provide
  effective and flexible intelligence support and thoroughly integrate intelligence with operations.
  1-34. The plan and direct step also includes activities that identify key information requirements and develop
  the means to satisfy those requirements. The intelligence staff collaborates with the operations and signal
  staffs to plan the intelligence architecture (based on the planned use of intelligence capabilities).
  Collaboration facilitates parallel planning and enhances all aspects of the intelligence process by enriching
  analysis, incorporating different points of view, and broadening situational understanding (across all domains
  and dimensions of the OE). The staff produces a synchronized and integrated information collection plan
  (based on the collection management plan) focused on answering intelligence requirements.
  Intelligence Requirements
  An intelligence requirement is 1. Any subject, general or specific, upon which there is a need
  for the collection of information, or the production of intelligence. 2. A requirement for
  intelligence to fill a gap in the command’s knowledge or understanding of the operational
  environment or threat forces (JP 2-0). Intelligence requirements primarily comprise priority
  intelligence requirements (PIRs) but may also include targeting intelligence requirements and
  other intelligence requirements. After the staff compiles all intelligence requirements, the
  commander must prioritize them, so the staff understands the exact prioritization of all
  requirements:
  • PIRs. A priority intelligence requirement is the intelligence component of commander’s
  critical information requirements used to focus the employment of limited intelligence
  assets and resources against competing demands for intelligence support (JP 2-0). In
  Army usage, PIRs refer to intelligence requirements that the commander and staff need to
  understand the threat and other aspects of the OE. PIRs are part of the commander’s
  critical information requirements (CCIRs).
  • Targeting intelligence requirements. Targeting intelligence requirements refer to those
  high-payoff target (HPT)-related requirements, outside of what is already captured in PIRs,
  that the commander specifies as part of the information collection effort. Units are not
  required to develop targeting intelligence requirements.
  • Other intelligence requirements. Other intelligence requirements refer to those
  commander-specified requirements that are either information requirements that do not
  qualify as PIRs or unanticipated requirements over the course of an operation that are not
  characterized as PIRs.