Format Front page (1 page) Administrivia (Name, class, date, title) Executive Su

Format
Front page (1 page)
Administrivia (Name, class, date, title)
Executive Summary (3-6 sentences)
Briefing (2-5 pages)
Condition of subject/problem
Important issues
Recommendations
Facts (1-2 pages)
Information (1 -2 pages)
Analytical Techniques (1/2 – 1 ½ pages)
Appendices (include at least 3 of the following)
Pros-Cons-Fixes
Flowchart
Affinity Diagram
Network Analysis
Decision Tree
PEST
SWOT
Force Field/P-M-I/Pareto Analysis
ACH
Each student will conduct an analysis regarding Case Study VI, “The
Case of Iraq’s Aluminum Tubes” in the Pherson & Pherson textbook.
You are to review the case file, conduct additional research, conduct an
analysis, and prepare and submit an original analytical report in the
provided report format,
which is discussed below. The style of the report is a postmortem
analysis, meant to discover the problems with the development of the
original Intelligence Estimate.
The briefing is the body of the report. It needs to describe the
subject, identify the most important issues, and provide your
recommendations for addressing the issue. This portion needs to link
analytical components and explain them to the reader, so the manner in
which conclusions are reached is made clear. In essence, this section
must justify the recommendations that are presented in the report.
The executive summary should only be a paragraph to present the
subject, the problem, and broadly reference the solution. The facts
section should list and describe critical details in bulleted form,
while the information section should list and describe your sources.
The analytical techniques section should summarize the analytical tools
applied, and the reason each was chosen. The appendices will contain at
least three analytical products, but you may use additional tools and
incorporate them into your report.