text: Chapter 1
  1-42. The commander and staff must establish and support a seamless intelligence architecture, including an
  effective dissemination and integration plan. Just because intelligence is delivered does not mean it will be used
  effectively for planning, decision making, or targeting. The intelligence staff must take appropriate steps to
  ensure the intelligence is properly considered and used in planning and controlling operations and in conducting
  targeting. A dissemination and integration plan can be a separate product or integrated into existing products,
  such as the collection management plan. The plan must include specifications on how it will be integrated and
  have provisions for dissemination to unified action partners.
  INTELLIGENCE PROCESS CONTINUING ACTIVITIES
  1-43. The intelligence process continuing activities add details and areas of emphasis to the intelligence
  process steps. The continuing activities also assist in filling gaps from some of the detailed aspects of the
  intelligence warfighting function. To support operations, the intelligence warfighting function makes
  observations about the threat, terrain, weather, civil considerations, and other relevant aspects of the OE. MI
  units conduct intelligence operations resulting in collected data. A dedicated effort performs PED to
  convert the data into useable information for analysis. This effort results in intelligence. Because of its
  complexity, intelligence professionals continually synchronize and assess this effort to ensure the
  effectiveness of the intelligence warfighting function.
  Synchronize
  1-44. Intelligence synchronization is the art of integrating information collection; intelligence processing,
  exploitation, and dissemination; and intelligence analysis with operations to effectively and efficiently fight
  for intelligence in support of decision making (ADP 2-0). Intelligence synchronization integrates intelligence
  with operations and ensures all requirements are met, as much as feasible, through close collaboration
  between the commander, G-2/S-2, G-3/S-3, and other members of the intelligence warfighting function.
  1-45. Intelligence synchronization occurs through a broader perspective than collection management and
  includes aspects of long-range intelligence planning, maintaining, and revising the intelligence architecture.
  Intelligence synchronization could be considered the orchestration of the intelligence warfighting function.
  This holistic activity ensures intelligence support is effective and flexible to meet changing conditions and
  requirements. While the commander drives the intelligence warfighting function, and the MI unit commander
  performs an invaluable role, the G-2/S-2 is ultimately responsible for successful intelligence synchronization.
  Conduct Intelligence Operations
  1-46. Intelligence operations are the tasks undertaken by military intelligence units through the intelligence
  disciplines to obtain information to satisfy validated requirements (ADP 2-0). MI units use the operations
  process to conduct intelligence operations using mission orders and standard command and support
  relationships. Flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances, as well as continuous assessments, are
  critical for effective intelligence operations. Chapter 6 provides detailed discussion on conducting
  intelligence operations.
  Perform Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination
  1-47. Processing, exploitation, and dissemination is the execution of the related functions that converts and
  refines collected data into usable information, distributes the information for further analysis, and, when
  appropriate, provides combat information to commanders and staffs (ADP 2-0). Intelligence PED is the way
  the intelligence warfighting function processes collected data and information, performs an initial analysis
  (exploitation), and provides information in a useable form (dissemination) for further analysis or as combat
  information to the commander and staff.
  Analyze
  1-48. There are many forms of analysis within Army operations. Analysis assists commanders, staffs, and
  intelligence leaders in framing the problem, stating the problem, and solving the problem. Leaders and staffs
  at all levels conduct analysis to assist in making many types of decisions and to conduct targeting. Analysis
  also occurs in many forms throughout the intelligence process. For example, in collection management