Which item is an output of Step 4 COA Analysis?

Which item is an output of Step 4 COA Analysis?

• A. War-game results
• B. Updated running estimates
• C. Initial CCIRs and EEFIs
• D. Revised planning guidance

Answer: (A)

Focusing COA Analysis on war-gaming to test how a proposed course of action would actually play out against adversary actions. The war-game results capture concrete outcomes: timing, sequencing, forces required, risks, decision points, and vulnerabilities revealed by the exercise. These results become the essential outputs you use to compare and refine each COA and to support selecting the best option moving forward. Initial CCIRs and EEFIs are defined earlier during Mission Analysis as decision-information requirements, not outputs of analyzing a COA. Updated running estimates and revised planning guidance come from ongoing assessment and refinement steps, not from the formal war-gaming results produced in COA Analysis.

Focusing COA Analysis on war-gaming to test how a proposed course of action would actually play out against adversary actions. The war-game results capture concrete outcomes: timing, sequencing, forces required, risks, decision points, and vulnerabilities revealed by the exercise. These results become the essential outputs you use to compare and refine each COA and to support selecting the best option moving forward.

Initial CCIRs and EEFIs are defined earlier during Mission Analysis as decision-information requirements, not outputs of analyzing a COA. Updated running estimates and revised planning guidance come from ongoing assessment and refinement steps, not from the formal war-gaming results produced in COA Analysis.