Which is NOT a Step 3 COA Development output?

Which is NOT a Step 3 COA Development output?

• A. COA Statements and Sketches
• B. Mission Statement
• C. Revised Commander's Planning Guidance
• D. Updated Assumptions

Answer: (B)

COA Development centers on turning potential courses of action into concrete, comparable outputs that planners can analyze and compare. The core deliverables in this step are COA Statements, which describe how a COA will achieve the mission, and COA Sketches, which provide a graphic view of the concept of operations, sequencing, and key tasks. As you refine options, you also update planning guidance to reflect new insights and revise assumptions that affect feasibility and risk. A Mission Statement, while important for framing the operation, is not produced as a COA Development output; it’s established earlier to define the mission and intent but isn’t a COA-specific product. Therefore, the choice that doesn’t fit is the Mission Statement.

COA Development centers on turning potential courses of action into concrete, comparable outputs that planners can analyze and compare. The core deliverables in this step are COA Statements, which describe how a COA will achieve the mission, and COA Sketches, which provide a graphic view of the concept of operations, sequencing, and key tasks. As you refine options, you also update planning guidance to reflect new insights and revise assumptions that affect feasibility and risk. A Mission Statement, while important for framing the operation, is not produced as a COA Development output; it’s established earlier to define the mission and intent but isn’t a COA-specific product. Therefore, the choice that doesn’t fit is the Mission Statement.