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the ability to perform the missions or functions for which the BAF is
designed, according to its doctrinal basis.
This definition was used to derive the lower level objectives, which are supposed
to answer the following question: ―what aspects of the higher level objective are
important?‖ 88
The next step of the research used the affinity diagram methodology in order to
answer this question. Since the scope of the decision context was limited to analyze the
contribution of aircraft systems to the BAF‘s operational capability, the research in the
gold standard documents as well as the elicitations focused only on aspects related to the
aerial component.
For example, the tasks related to the maintenance of a runway strip were not
considered, even though they contribute to the BAF‘s operational capability. Figure 9
illustrates this approach, where a strategic objective needs to be specified in order to limit
the decision context and define the overall fundamental objective.
88 Keeney, Value-Focused Thinking, 71.
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