text: Intelligence
  analysis is critical in ensuring information requirements receive the appropriate priority for collection and
  are assigned to the proper collection asset. The most important form of analysis within the intelligence
  process is intelligence analysis.
  1-49. Intelligence analysis is the process by which collected information is evaluated and integrated with
  existing information to facilitate intelligence production (ADP 2-0). The purpose of intelligence analysis is
  to describe current and predict future threats, terrain and weather, and civil considerations. The following
  represent two distinct examples of intelligence analysis:
  ⚫ A single-source collector performing initial analysis—in intelligence, often referred to as
  exploitation during the collect and process step. The collector adds context to information
  (analysis) based on experience and knowledge before reporting the information to single-source
  or all-source analysis elements.
  ⚫ An all-source analyst performing predictive analysis to identify threat activities and trends that
  present possible windows of opportunity and subsequent positions of relative advantage to
  friendly forces. The analyst uses indicators for each threat COA as well threat characteristics and
  threat models as the basis for the analysis and conclusions.
  1-50. Intelligence personnel performing PED as well as analysis must understand and effectively deal with
  potential information overload. As time progresses, intelligence professionals will experience increases in
  the volume, pace, and complexity of the data they receive. MI professionals must develop data literacy skills
  to confront this issue effectively. Until institutional training is adjusted to incorporate data literacy,
  intelligence professionals must build those skills through self-development. There are some excellent online
  resources that provide a good starting point to build data literacy skills, such as courses offered through Army
  MI Data Fundamentals. Data literacy skills will become more important as artificial intelligence/machine
  learning technologies become more prevalent within intelligence software and systems.
  Note. Enrollment information for Army MI Data Fundamentals courses is available on Percipio,
  the Army eLearning website, on NIPRNET.
  Assess
  1-51. Assess is part of the overall assessment continuing activity of the operations process. For intelligence
  purposes, assessment refers to the continuous monitoring and evaluation of the current situation, particularly
  significant threat activities and changes in the OE. Assessing the situation begins upon receipt of mission and
  continues throughout the intelligence process. This assessment allows commanders, staffs, and intelligence
  leaders to ensure intelligence synchronization. Friendly actions, threat actions, civil considerations, and
  events in the area of interest (AOI) interact to form a dynamic OE. The continuous assessment of the effects
  of each element on the other elements, especially the overall effect of threat actions on friendly operations,
  is essential to situational understanding. Analysts must consider the domains and dimensions of the OE when
  performing this continuous assessment.
  1-52. The intelligence staff continuously produces assessments based on operations, the threat situation, the
  information collection effort, and the status of other relevant aspects of the OE. These assessments are critical
  in—
  ⚫ Ensuring intelligence requirements are answered.
  ⚫ Redirecting collection assets to support changing requirements.
  ⚫ Ensuring operations run effectively.
  ⚫ Ensuring the proper use of information and intelligence.
  ⚫ Identifying threat deception and denial efforts.
  1-53. The intelligence staff continuously assesses the effectiveness of the information collection effort. This
  type of assessment requires sound judgment and thorough knowledge of—
  ⚫ Friendly operations.
  ⚫ Characteristics of the AOI.
  ⚫ The threat situation, doctrine, patterns, and projected COAs.