their understanding of the environment?
Commanders have developed CCIRs focused on supporting broader assessment and associated
measures of effectiveness.
Commanders have focused on non-traditional execution requirements as well as shorter term
assessments.
Commanders in counter-insurgency environments have focused mostly on PIRs and FFIRs to gain
information about the influencers of the population.
2) What characteristics of the complex environment have affected the view of CCIRs? (Select all that
apply.)
globalization
predictable adversaries
interdependence
information revolution
3) CCIRs that focus primarily on well-defined decision points provide the commander with a broad view
to support better understanding of the complex environment.
True
False
4) What tool can be used to link CCIRs to the decisions they support and helps provide the clarity to
collection and analysis resources?
decision support template (DST)
notification criteria matrix
collection analysis template (CAT)
CCIR Support template (CST)