Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SAIC-0002
Version:
3
Organization's ID:
SATS-2 (2025)
Organization:
Science Application International Corporation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
40 Hours
Minimum Passing Score:
80
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Intelligence Analysis
Description

Objective:

In Structured Analytic Techniques, students will learn a variety of collaborative techniques that can be used throughout the analytic process – analysis, synthesis, and estimation – to understand and solve intelligence problems. These techniques help students to overcome their cognitive limitations by using step-by-step problem-solving processes that facilitate collaboration. These techniques take analysis out of the analyst’s head and put it into a structured format so that other analysts can interact with it more easily. Some techniques help to reduce uncertainty about future possibilities, while others can be used to identify indicators or assumptions and evaluate them.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Critique the process and outcomes of Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs) used on complex realistic scenarios, ensuring the development of robust solutions
  • Critique results of structured brainstorming and red hat analysis to identify innovative solutions and evaluate their feasibility
  • Evaluate outside-in analysis and alternative futures analysis to anticipate strategic implications and develop actionable insights
  • Critique outcomes of indicators analysis and analysis of competing hypotheses to ensure comprehensive and balanced assessments
  • Evaluate assumptions using key assumptions checks to test their validity to enhance the reliability of intelligence assessments and decision-making processes
  • Design an Analytic Strategy to examine a complex realistic/real-world problem to inform deliberate military solutions
  • Compile outcomes of an Analytic Strategy and defend the results

General Topics:

  • 1. Overview of Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs) 2. Commonly Used SATs 3. Structured Brainstorming 4. Red Hat Analysis 5. Outside In Analysis 6. Alternative Futures Analysis 7. Indicators Analysis 8. Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) 9. Key Assumptions Check 10. Molon Labe Scenario Exercise 11. Final Exercise Scenario 12. Course Review and final Assessment
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Other
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
  • Quizzes
  • Peer & Instructor Review
Supplemental Materials
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