The Effects-Based Board: An Effects-Based Approach to the Joint Operations Planning Process

摘要

This document is not a book but rather a print of the masters thesis of Army Capt. Colin Marcum, printed for distribution by the American Military University. As such, it is intended to be read by academics to satisfy the requirements for a master of arts in military studies and may not necessarily be of great interest outside academic circles. The author pulls together some historical vignettes to support a case that each combatant command should establish an independent planning group to improve the joint operation planning process (JOPP). He names this new group the effects-based board (EBB). The purpose of the EBB is to ensure that courses of action (COAs) developed by the JOPP will bring about a desired set of effects and a desired end-state.