SHAPE REAL PLANS
You will find an easy-to-understand planning and execution process, which GGG will summarize in the “SHAPE REAL PLANS” process:
In the military decision-making process (MDMP), the MDMP is a single, established, and proven analytical process. As the head of your household (HH6) with the GGG forum, you can take advantage of a tailored process targeted for everyday friends and families. Why not take advantage of combining civil practices with benchmarking from military doctrine tailored to your situation with the primary number one objective – keeping your family and yourself safe?
The problem-solving process described in this forum must start with your acknowledgment of the need to prepare a good plan with the goal of producting a solid estimate and knowledge needed for each member of your family to think through each scenario – the analytical aspects of this process must continue at all levels during its ongoing life.
There are two levels of decision-making you will be facing – deliberate and time-constrained. Right now, you are actively engaged in the deliberate planning stage. When an emergency hits, your family will be faced with decision-making in a time-constrained environment.
During whatever crisis – river levels rise to your doorstep, or the electricity goes out – it is the wrong time to have to think about what actions your family must take or resources you may need…time is precious, and minutes may be the difference between life and death.
The military is very good at educating mass populations of individuals to be synchronized across the expanse of the globe with a broad range of missions using a common easy to remember language through use acronyms.
Mnemonic – You may notice the GGG website is full of acronyms, such as the MDMP we’ve discussed so far. The military uses literally tons of mnemonics to help Warfighters to remember through the creation of memorable phrases in which the word’s first letter coincides with the terms. For more examples, see bottom of page:
The mnemonics and processes such as the Troop Leading Procedures (TLP’s), build frameworks of thought processes that become instinctively ingrained, reduce the amount of discussion about what to do, and leave more time on How-to-Think (H2T) a problem through.
Troop-Leading Procedures (TLP) – this is mnemonic process leaders used to plan and prepare for tactical military missions and patrols
METT-TC – an acronym reminding a leader to consider the Mission, Enemy, Terrain and weather, Time available, Troops available, and C for Civilians on the Battlefield
The ACE (Ammunition, Casualties and Equipment) report standardizing what is to be reported in an easy to remember format after adrenaline rushed actions on enemy contact