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  law of armed conflict and rules of engagement also make better decisions and are more effective at achieving
  their objectives.
  THE OPERATIONS PROCESS
  2-55. The Army’s framework for exercising the warfighting function of command and control is the
  operations process: the major command and control activities performed during operations: planning,
  preparing, executing, and continuously assessing the operation (ADP 5-0). Commanders, supported by their
  staffs, use the operations process to drive conceptual and detailed planning necessary to understand, visualize,
  and describe the operational environment, make and articulate decisions, and direct, lead, and assess
  operations. Through the operations process, the commander integrates all warfighting functions across all
  domains and synchronizes the force to accomplish the mission. (See figure 2-5 for a depiction of the
  operations process.)
  Figure 2-5. The operations process
  2-56. The Army has five planning methodologies. They are Army problem solving, Army design
  methodology, the military decision-making process (MDMP), troop leading procedures (known as TLP), and
  the rapid decision-making and synchronization process (known as RDSP).
  2-57. Army problem solving is a methodology available for leaders to use to identify and solve a variety of
  problems both in garrison and in operations. Army problem solving is an analytical approach to defining a
  problem, developing possible solutionsto solve the problem, arriving at the best solution, developing a plan,
  and implementing that plan to solve the problem.
  2-58. Army design methodologyis a methodology for applying critical and creative thinking to understand,
  visualize, and describe problems and approaches to solving them. (ADP 5-0). This methodology is used by
  commanders and staff and must be integrated with detailed planning to produce executable plans.
  2-59. The military decision-making processis an iterative planning methodology to understand the situation
  and mission, develop a course of action, and produce an operation plan or order. (ADP 5-0). Commanders
  initiate the process upon receipt of or in anticipation of a mission. (See figure 2-6 for a depiction of the
  MDMP.)