A detailed Army planning paradigm that turns a mission and situation into a decision, a course of action, and an order through iterative staff analysis and commander guidance.
DefinesMDMP
The Military Decisionmaking Process (MDMP) is a detailed planning paradigm used to produce orders and synchronize action in complex operations. It is designed to make staff work legible: each step produces artifacts that can be briefed, challenged, revised, and handed off [usarmy2014fm6].
MDMP is best understood as a translation pipeline:
References
[usarmy2014fm6]Department of the Army.
(2014).
Commander and Staff Organization and Operations.
Field Manual 6-0 (5 May 2014; Change 1, 26 Mar 2015).
[usarmy2019adp5_0]Department of the Army.
(2019).
The Operations Process.
Army Doctrine Publication 5-0 (31 Jul 2019).
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title = {Military Decisionmaking Process (MDMP)},
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