THE OPERATIONS PROCESS - University of Tennessee at Martin

1 FM 5-0 THE OPERATIONS PROCESSMARCH 2010 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is OF THE ARMY FM 5-0, C1 Change No. 1 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 18 March 2011 The OPERATIONS PROCESS 1. Change 1 to FM 5-0, 26 March 2010, is updated to align with Change 1 to FM 3-0. 2. This change modifies the Army operational concept to emphasize mission command. 3. This change replaces the command and control element of combat power and warfighting function with mission command.

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7 Electronic media only. This page intentionally left blank. *FM 5-0, C1 Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes FM 5-0, 20 January 2005, and FMI , 31 March 2006. 18 March 2011 FM 5-0, C1 i Field Manual No. 5-0 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 26 March 2010 The OPERATIONS PROCESS Contents Page v INTRODUCTION.

8 Vi Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE OPERATIONS PROCESS .. 1-1 The Nature of OPERATIONS .. 1-1 Mission Command .. 1-2 The OPERATIONS PROCESS .. 1-3 Integrating Processes and Continuing Activities .. 1-6 Running Estimates .. 1-7 Fundamentals .. 1-7 Chapter 2 PLANNING .. 2-1 Planning and Plans .. 2-1 Planning and the Levels of War .. 2-1 The Value of Planning .. 2-2 Conceptual and Detailed Planning .. 2-6 Fundamentals of Planning .. 2-8 Key Components of a Plan .. 2-14 Chapter 3 DESIGN.

9 3-1 Design Defined .. 3-1 Design Goals .. 3-2 Design in Context .. 3-3 Leading Design .. 3-6 Design Methodology .. 3-7 Chapter 4 PREPARATION .. 4-1 Preparation Functions .. 4-1 Preparation and the OPERATIONS PROCESS .. 4-2 Preparation Activities .. 4-3 Chapter 5 EXECUTION .. 5-1 Fundamentals of Execution .. 5-1 Contents ii FM 5-0, C1 18 March 2011 Responsibilities During Execution .. 5-3 Decisionmaking During Execution .. 5-5 Rapid Decisionmaking and Synchronization PROCESS .. 5-8 Chapter 6 ASSESSMENT.

10 6-1 Assessment Fundamentals .. 6-1 Assessment 6-1 Assessment and the Levels of War .. 6-4 Considerations for Effective Assessment .. 6-5 Assessment Working Groups .. 6-9 Assessment Support .. 6-10 Appendix A COMMAND POST ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS .. A-1 Appendix B THE MILITARY DECISIONMAKING PROCESS .. B-1 Appendix C TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES .. C-1 Appendix D GUIDELINES FOR COMMANDER S PLANNING D-1 Appendix E ARMY OPERATION PLAN AND ORDER FORMAT .. E-1 Appendix F TASK ORGANIZATION .. F-1 Appendix G RUNNING ESTIMATES.