In 1977, the game was split into two branches: the relatively rules-light game system of Dungeons & Dragons and the more structured, rules-heavy game system of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as AD&D or ADnD). AD&D 2nd Edition was published in 1989.
Competitive intelligence is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence about products, customers, competitors, and any aspect of the environment needed to support executives and managers making strategic decisions for an organization.
The process of competitive intelligence is outlined in the following steps: 1  Setting intelligence objectives (i.e., designing the requirements) 2  Collecting and organizing data about the industry and competitors. 3  Analyzing and interpreting the data.  Disseminating the intelligence.