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Chapter 3: IPB — process overview
What Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace is, the four steps at a glance, the analytical workflow and the relationship with the Intelligence Cycle, MDMP and IPOE.
3.1What is IPB?
IPB is a continuous analytical process to understand the battlespace, evaluate the threat and predict enemy courses of action.
Read §3.1 →3.2The four steps at a glance
Four mutually reinforcing analytical steps — iterative, not linear. Each step gets its own chapter further on.
Read §3.2 →3.3Workflow, products and relationships
From mission to collection plan: the analytical workflow, the product set and IPB's place among the Intelligence Cycle, MDMP and IPOE.
Read §3.3 →