Foundations of Intelligence Analysis

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This course offers analysts an introduction to the skills required for to produce rigorous and well-developed intelligence assessments. The content is applicable to anyone who works as an analyst, including data analysts, information analysts and those who work with analytics and insights data. On completion of this course participants will be able to: ● Justify the importance of structured approaches to analytic thinking ● Explore a problem before deciding on the analytic approach to take ● Analyse events and scenarios and extrapolate their impacts ● Generate and evaluate multiple hypotheses ● Use predictive analytic techniques to provide foresight of possible scenarios, and ● Provide an audit trail to enable peer review. This course will take place over two and a half days. The building is open at 0830 with tea and coffee provided. Classes start at 0900 and can be expected to end by 1700 on the first two days, and by 1300 on day three. Catering is provided throughout and all dietary requirements can be catered for. Course Curriculum: ● Dual-process theory ● Common analytical errors ● Communicating uncertainty ● Brainstorming techniques ● Environmental scanning ● Forcefield analysis ● Cone of Plausibility ● Key Assumptions Check ● Analysis of Competing Hypotheses ● Premortem Analysis ● Diagnostic Reasoning

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