text: Fire Support and the Operations Process
  Table 3-1. Crosswalk of operations, joint targeting cycle, D3A, MDMP, and fire support tasks
  Operations Joint Targeting D3A MDMP Fire Support Task
  Process Cycle
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  Plan Commander’s Decide Mission Analysis Perform target value analysis to develop
  Objectives, Targeting high- value targets.
  Guidance, and Intent Begin identifying high-payoff targets based
  on initial high-value target and initial fire
  support tasks.
  Provide fire support activities input to the
  commander’s targeting guidance and
  desired effects.
  Target Development
  Further develop and refine high-payoff
  and Prioritization
  Course of Action target lists.
  Development Deconflict and coordinate potential high-
  payoff targets.
  Develop high-payoff target list.
  Establish target selection standards.
  Develop attack guidance matrix.
  Develop fire support tasks.
  Develop associated MOP, and MOE.
  Course of Action Refine the high-payoff target list.
  Capabilities Analysis Analysis Refine target selection standards.
  Refine the attack guidance matrix.
  Refine fire support tasks.
  Refine associated MOP.
  Commander’s Decision Refine associated MOE.
  and Force Assignment
  Develop the target synchronization matrix.
  Draft airspace control means requests.
  Orders Finalize the high-payoff target list.
  Production Finalize target selection standards.
  Finalize the attack guidance matrix.
  Mission Planning and
  Force Execution Finalize the targeting synchronization
  matrix.
  Finalize fire support tasks and execution
  matrices.
  Finalize associated MOP and MOE.
  Submit information requirements to battalion