1	Strategic Guidance
2	Lesson Objectives Identify and explain the purpose of the JSCP, the primary CJCS tasking document. Comprehend the terms assigned, apportioned, available, and allocated forces. Identify the steps associated with Strategic Guidance
3	JOPES Functions and Joint Planning
4	National Strategic Direction
5	Contingency Planning Response Options CRISIS RELATIONSHIPS
6	JSCP Supplemental Instructions
7	Strategic Guidance
8	Mission Analysis Analyze assigned task to determine implied tasks Analyze assigned and critical implied tasks to determine mission statement Deduce subordinate tasks for implied tasks Begin preparation of planning guidance
9	End State
10	Commander’s Intent A concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the desired end state. It may also include the commander’s assessment of the adversary commander’s intent and an assessment of where and how much risk is acceptable during the operation. JP 1-02
11	Mission “The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore.” JP 1-02
12	Elements of a Mission Statement
13	Assigned / Specified / Essential Tasks JSCP UCP Joint Pub 1, Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States Planning Directives from the Combatant Commander In-Progress Review (IPR A)
14	Planning Relationships Among Three Major Echelons JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF PLANNING DIRECTIVES (JSCP)
15	Implied Tasks Those tasks which must be achieved if the overall mission is to be accomplished. Examples: “Plan for the movement of forces . . .” “Enter . . . by land, sea, and air” “Secure a lodgment area”
16	Strategic Guidance
17	Intelligence Baseline Create Intel community Dynamic Threat Assessment (DTA) for JSCP-tasked plans Provide DTA to COCOM Review Link intelligence production with the contingency planning cycle
18	Information and Intelligence Enemy Centers of Gravity Enemy forces and capabilities Warning times Critical vulnerabilities Additional information
19	Strategic Guidance
20	Assumptions “A supposition on the current situation or a presupposition on the future course of events, either or both assumed to be true in the absence of positive proof, necessary to enable the commander in the process of planning to complete an estimate of the situation and make a decision on the course of action” JP 1-02
21	Some Political Considerations Overflight rights Basing rights Transient personnel staging Logistics support (facilities and HNS) Noncombatant evacuation operations (NEO) Political considerations may often take the form of assumptions.
22	Strategic Guidance Planning task assigned Guidance furnished Resources identified Mission Analysis Threat Assessment Assumptions In-Progress Review A
23	Strategic Guidance