Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
I was surprised that there is so much confusion on this issue...
Could that be because we're trying to pin down a process that is being learned on the fly and is in considerable flux?
I think that much of the discussion on this thread is borne of misperceptions of IO rather than of some defect in the concept of conducting operations in the information environment. The real issue is how we organize our staffs and how we task various assets to accomplish it.
True and as wm said:
...Like pretty much everything else in the world of operations, each is METT-TC dependent.
Could it be that the search for clarity and coherence in an effort to simplify (possibly oversimplify???) a very complex and conditional process might obscure the flexibility needed to adapt and cope with multiple changing environments?

Sounds like a way to inadvertently design a straight jacket to me...

Or is that a strait jacket...