Return to Hartley's Projects Page The Excel workbook contains two worksheets. The
first is a Tools versus Questions worksheet and the second is a
Tools versus Methods worksheet.
The Tools are grouped by the categories in the
database: data, methods, persons, and tools. The Questions
represent the needs of the end-users, which should be served by
the Tools. I have grouped the Questions by "Know?",
"Plan?", "Do?", "Assess?", and
"Support?". (I know the commas go inside quotes, but
that's stupid here.)
Observing the grand totals for tools that support each question
gives the impression that most of the questions are well covered
by tools of one sort or another. The obvious exception is the
question "What metrics do we need to develop?"
Less obvious, is the lack of coverage in the "Do?"
group. Only three items in the database address this group:
"Engaging in a War of ideas at home and Abroad,"
"How do we detect and counter deception?," and
"How we identify individual terrorist to kill?"
Clearly, there are other actions that are needed in the war on
terrorism. Obvious actions, such as various legal operations, are
not germane to the Department of Defense. However, there may be
other actions that the DoD should be considering. Hence, I have
added the question, "How do we define & select other
actions?" Some of the tools in the database may support this
question; however, other tools may be needed.
The number of tools that are needed to address all of the
questions is very large, implying that consolidation, linking, or
expansion of existing tools would be helpful.
The Tools are sorted to group together those
tools that use the same methods or at least to get the ones using
each method near to each other. I have also grouped the tools
into Unknown, Simulation, Influence, Association, Data, Behavior,
Language, and Support groups.
The Influence group displays an obvious weakness in its total
representation; however, when only dedicated tools are counted,
weaknesses show up in simulation and behavior. Perhaps some of
the tools with unknown methods actually reinforce some of these
groups.
The number of tools that are needed to use all of the methods is
very large, implying that consolidation, linking, or expansion of
existing tools would be helpful.
Six recommendations can be based on this analysis:
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