text: Engineer Planning
  Table 5-3. Military decisionmaking process and engineer staff running estimates
  Military Decisionmaking Process Engineer Staff Running Estimate
  Mission analysis. Analyze the mission.
  • Analyze the higher headquarters plan or order. • Analyze the higher headquarters orders.
  • Perform the initial IPB.  Commander’s intent.
  • Determine the specified, implied, and essential  Mission.
  tasks.  Concept of operation.
  • Review the available assets, and identify  Timeline.
  resource shortfalls.
   Area of operations.
  • Determine the constraints.
  • Conduct the IPB, and develop the engineer
  • Identify the critical facts, and develop staff running estimate.
  assumptions.
   Terrain and weather analysis.
  • Begin the risk assessment.
   Enemy mission and M/CM/S capabilities.
  • Determine the CCIR and EEFI.  Friendly mission and M/CM/S capabilities.
  • Develop the information collection plan. • Analyze the engineer mission.
  • Update the plan for the use of available time.  Specified M/CM/S tasks.
  • Develop the initial information themes and  Implied M/CM/S tasks.
  messages.
   Available assets.
  • Develop the proposed mission statement.
   Limitations.
  • Present the mission analysis briefing.
   Risk as applied to engineering capabilities.
  • Develop and issue the initial commander’s  Time analysis.
  intent.
   Essential tasks for M/CM/S.
  • Develop and issue the initial planning guidance.
   Restated mission.
  • Develop the COA evaluation criteria.
  • Conduct the risk assessment.
  • Issue the warning order.
   Safety.
   Environment.
  • Determine the terrain and mobility restraints,
  obstacle intelligence, threat engineering
  capabilities, and critical infrastructure.
  • Recommend the CCIR.
  • Integrate the engineer reconnaissance effort.
  COA development. Develop the scheme of engineer operations.
  • Analyze the relative combat power.
  • Refine the essential tasks for M/CM/S.
  • Identify the engineer missions and the
  allocation of forces and assets.
  • Determine the engineer priority of effort and
  support.
  • Refine the commander’s guidance for M/CM/S.
  • Apply the engineer employment
  considerations.
  • Integrate engineer support into the maneuver
  COA.
  • See FM 6-0 for additional information on the
  scheme of engineer operations and scheme of
  engineer support.