text: Army Methodologies Used for Planning Activities
  * Relevant publications, including Army and joint regulations and doctrine on cyberspace
  operations and EW.
  * All documents related to the mission and AO, including the higher headquarters’ OPLAN or
  OPORD, maps and terrain products, known friendly, neutral, and enemy cyberspace and EW
  capabilities used in the AO, and operational graphics.
  * Higher headquarters and other organizations’ intelligence and assessment products on friendly,
  neutral, threat cyberspace and EW activities, and cyberspace and EW-related military terrain
  aspects in the AO.
  A-9. The CEMA working group begin updating cyberspace operations and EW specific running estimates,
  especially the status of friendly forces, cyberspace and EW capabilities, and key civil considerations when
  employing cyberspace and EA operations. A running estimate is the continuous assessment of the current
  situation used to determine if the current operation is proceeding according to the commander’s intent and if
  planned future operations are supportable (ADP 5-0).
  A-10. The CEMA working group conducts an initial assessment of time and resources available to plan,
  prepare, and begin execution of cyberspace operations and EW that may potentially support the commander’s
  concept of operation. Table A-1, below, illustrates the actions and key outputs of the CEMA working group
  during Step 1: receipt of the mission.
  Table A-1. Step 1: Receipt of mission
  STEP 2: MISSION ANALYSIS
  A-11. The military decision-making process continues with an assessment of the situation called mission
  analysis. The commander and staff, informed by subordinate and adjacent commanders and joint and mission
  partners, gather, analyze, and synthesize information to understand the current conditions of the OE. Through
  mission analysis, the commander and staff can attain situational awareness of the OE. They can then identify
  what the command must accomplish, when and where operations must take place and the why the operation
  is required.