Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

NNCS-0660

Organization's ID:

ANSK2009

Organization:

National Cryptologic University

Location:

Classroom-based

Length:

3 days (24 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	2	intelligence studies

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to help analysts improve the quality of their communication, analysis, and reporting through the process of asking better questions. Analysts will learn to ask better questions for the purposes of target exploitation and development, and intelligence dissemination. This process is designed to increase the "fitness for use" of the data and analysis for the customer's needs.

Learning Outcomes:

understand national security context of the task
develop a better sense of their customer’s unique needs, interests, and perspectives
identify and control for sources of personal cognitive bias
recognize system dynamics that create process bias
understand the role of value assumptions in structuring analysis
understand their unique expertise within the organization and how to proactively engage their data streams and other responsibilities
recognize and deal more effectively with ambiguity
recognize and avoid different types of error in generating conclusions from data
recognize and avoid common logical fallacies
analyze and improve logic flows and their clarity