tructured Analytic Techniques: Taxonomy and Technique Selection for Information and Intelligence Analysis Practitioners

• Autorzy: Paweł Grunt
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The purpose of this article is to propose a new taxonomy and selection of structured analytic techniques for information and intelligence analysis practitioners. The presented taxonomy and selection of structured analytic techniques are based on the author's experience in information and intelligence analysis as well as in training analysts in the use of those techniques. The presented classification and selection of techniques have resulted from the author's attempts to improve teaching and learning process of the analysts who were novice to structured analytic techniques. From the author's experience, a well-constructed taxonomy aids novice analysts in understanding a purpose of used techniques and selecting the best-suited technique for a given analytic problem. In the article the author will first offer definitions of analysis, analytic process and analytic spectrum. This will be followed by a review of the four general categories of analytic methods used in intelligence analysis. The author will further explain the origins, concepts and characteristics of both structured analysis and structured analytic techniques. Next, structured analytic techniques will be discussed in the context of the Intelligence Cycle. Following this, the author will review several existing taxonomies of structured analytic techniques. The article will conclude with a taxonomy and a selection of techniques for the information and intelligence analysis practitioners, based on a review of the literature augmented by the author's professional experience.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Information; Information analysis; Analytical methods; Taxonomy

PL

Informacja; Analiza informacyjna; Metody analityczne; Taksonomia

• Czasopismo: Journal of Management and Financial Sciences
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 10
• Numer: nr 30
• Strony: 115--136

Twórcy

autor

Paweł Grunt

• Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

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