text: Commander and Staff Roles and Responsibilities
  * Lists challenges and initial CCIRs. Challenges include any guidance for staff sections.
  * Results in the warning order.
  2-15. For information collection planning, the initial guidance includes—
  * Initial timeline for information collection planning.
  * Initial information collection focus.
  * Initial information requirements.
  * Authorized movement.
  * Collection and product development timeline.
  2-16. The initial warning order can alert information collection assets to begin collection activities. If this
  is the case, the initial warning order includes—
  * Named areas of interest (NAIs) covered.
  * Collection tasks and information requirements collected.
  * Precise guidance on infiltration method, reporting criteria and timelines, fire support, and
  casualty evacuation plan.
  INITIAL PLANNING GUIDANCE
  2-17. The commander issues the commander’s planning guidance during the mission analysis step of the
  MDMP, following the approval of the restated mission and mission analysis brief. Part of the commander’s
  planning guidance is directly related to collection activities—the initial CCIRs and information collection
  guidance. The guidance for planning should contain sufficient information for the operations officer to
  complete a draft information collection plan. As a minimum, the commander’s planning guidance
  includes—
  * Current CCIRs.
  * Focus and tempo.
  * Engagement criteria.
  * Acceptable risk to assets.
  2-18. The commander issues the initial commander’s intent with the commander’s planning guidance. The
  staff verifies the draft information collection plan synchronizes with the commander’s initial intent and
  assesses any ongoing information collection activities. The staff recommends changes to support the
  commander’s intent, CCIRs, and concept of operations.
  REFINED COMMANDER’S INTENT, CCIRS, AND EEFI
  2-19. After the decision briefing, the commander determines a COA the unit follows and issues final
  planning guidance. Final planning guidance includes—
  * Any new CCIRs, including the LTIOV.
  * Rehearsals.
  THE STAFF’S ROLE
  2-20. The staff must function as a single, cohesive unit. Effective staff members know their respective
  responsibilities and duties. They are also familiar with the responsibilities and duties of other staff
  members. (See ATTP 5-0.1 for staff duties and responsibilities.) Other coordinating staff members’
  information collection responsibilities include helping develop the information collection plan and annexes.
  2-21. The chief of staff or executive officer directs the efforts of coordinating and special staff officers,
  integrates and synchronizes plans and orders, and supervises management of the CCIRs.
  2-22. The G-2 (S-2) must work with the entire staff to identify collection requirements and implement the
  information collection plan. The intelligence staff determines collection requirements (based upon inputs
  from the commander and other staff sections), develops the information collection matrix with input from
  the staff representatives, and continues to work with the staff planners to develop the information collection