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Vybrané aspekty strukturované zpravodajské analýzy
Some Aspects of Structured Intelligence Analysis

Author(s): Jozef Vojtek
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Univerzita obrany - Centrum bezpečnostních a vojenskostrategických studií
Keywords: Analytical Process; Structured Analytic Techniques; Methods Taxonomy; Bias

Summary/Abstract: Structured analysis is a systematic approach to solving intelligence analytic problems. Methodology and analytical techniques in the intelligence analysis include the selection of structured techniques from the point of view of the analytical task and the use of the analytical spectrum. Basic structured analytical techniques ensure transparency and reduce personality bias. Taxonomy is the basis for quality analysis. There are 55 types of techniques that complement expert judgment and intuition. A properly structured analysis contains twelve questions supplemented by a number of analytical techniques. The method of analytical spectrum in strategy leads to the split of the process into the phase of analysis, synthesis, selection of information and argumentation, and the analysis itself consists of four sub-stages. The basic parameters that negatively affect the use of structured analytical techniques by intelligence analysts are the analytical and collective approach, the patterns and the level of education.

  • Issue Year: 28/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 59-72
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech
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