Transcription of Operational Design: Promise and Problems
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SMALL WARS JOURNAL Operational design : Promise and Problems Adam Elkus and Crispin Burke Approaches to Operational design have become increasingly prominent in both Army and Joint contexts. 1 design , like all doctrines, is a product of specific political, organizational, and cultural forces, events, and influences both unique to the armed services and external to them. A product born of the US military s experience in counterinsurgency and nation-building campaigns, design is a process best applied in the planning of campaigns and major operations. It is part of a general family of ideas inspired by FM 3-0 Operations. There are, however, substantial risks in the adoption of design that must be addressed. Additionally, campaigning needs to be thought of as an aspect of strategy rather than a wholly separate Operational level in order to best implement American strategic objectives.
Approaches to Operational Design have become increasingly prominent in both Army and Joint contexts. 1 Design, like all doctrines, is a product of specific political, organizational, and
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