Strategy Development and Implementation

The Client

An organization within the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency that aligns, integrates, and drives global GEOINT operations across missions, disciplines, and organizations to achieve U.S. national security and defense objectives.

Client Challenge

The United States is encountering an evolution in the strategic environment and the threats to our National Security. As called for in the Interim National Security Strategy, the US must posture for strategic competition on a global scale. At the same time, the client is experiencing a revolution in GEOINT collection capabilities as more content is acquired from more sources than ever before, and a revolution in GEOINT analytic capabilities as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other automated tools are being used to help sift through vast quantities of GEOINT data.

Approach

The SOAR Team performs integral strategic consulting, data analytics, and program management services to develop, implement, and monitor progress against the Director’s Intent and the associated operational end states. We successfully executed the following three-pronged approach:

• Strategic Planning:
  • Created GEOINT’s desired future state leveraging a focused group of experts from across the enterprise
  • Defined the Operational End States – the specific, measurable, stretch goals needed to achieve the future state
  • Identified, defined, and prioritized the mission critical capabilities and activities to achieve the Operational End States
• Program Management:
  • Integrated and synchronized the required critical capabilities on a schedule
  • Drafted and coordinated key messages for internal and external communications
• Data Analytics:
  • Developed effectiveness and programmatic measures to monitor progress against the Operational End States
  • Monitored and reported progress to senior executives via bi-monthly Mission Readiness Reviews
  • Modified and updated the strategy, implementation plan, and measures based on continuous feedback.

Results

Today Mission Management is an influential office in the Agency, focused on aligning the GEOINT enterprise to achieve National Security objectives. Mission Management builds unity of effort across GEOINT mission disciplines, and organizations; synchronizes current operations and leads crisis response; and prioritizes investments in tradecraft, technology, and processes.  The SOAR team was awarded the NGA Meritorious Unit Citation for outstanding service for this work.