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Analytic Culture in the U.S. Intelligence Community (PDF) - CIA

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Taxonomy of <strong>Intelligence</strong> Analysis Variables<br />

Systemic Variables Systematic Variables Idiosyncratic Variables Communicative Variables<br />

Organization User Requirements Weltanschauung Formal<br />

Internal Operations (worldview) Inter-organization<br />

Structure Information Acquisition Affiliation Hierarchical<br />

Leadership Collection Methods Familial Inter-division<br />

<strong>Culture</strong> Overt Cultural Inter-group<br />

History Covert Ethnic Intra-organization<br />

Traditions Information Reliability Religious Hierarchical<br />

Social Practice<br />

Reproducible<br />

Social<br />

Intra-division<br />

Taboo<br />

L<strong>in</strong>guistic<br />

Intra-group<br />

Consistent<br />

Group Characteristics<br />

Political<br />

Individual<br />

Information Validity<br />

Psychology<br />

Hierarchical<br />

Hierarchy<br />

Historical<br />

Bias<br />

Inter-division<br />

Resources & Incentives S<strong>in</strong>gle Source Personality Profile Intra-group<br />

Manpower Dual Source Security Trust Informal<br />

Budget Triangulation Cognitive Process<strong>in</strong>g Inter-organization<br />

Technology Information Archive Learn<strong>in</strong>g Style Hierarchical<br />

Assets<br />

Storage<br />

Information Acquisition<br />

Inter-group<br />

Inter-division<br />

R&D<br />

Access<br />

Facilities Correlation Information Process- Intra-organization<br />

Work Groups-Teams<br />

External<br />

Consumer Needs<br />

Time and Imperatives<br />

Consumer Use<br />

Consumer Structure<br />

Consumer Hierarchy<br />

Conumer Report<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Retrieval<br />

<strong>Analytic</strong>al Methodology<br />

Approach<br />

Intuitive<br />

Structured<br />

Semi-structured<br />

Information Process<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Historical Information<br />

<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Expertise<br />

Problem-solv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Decisionmak<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Cognitive Load<br />

Speed/Accuracy<br />

Stress Effects<br />

Hierarchical<br />

Intra-division<br />

Intra-group<br />

Individual<br />

Hierarchical<br />

Inter-group<br />

Intra-group<br />

Technology<br />

Politics Current Information Education Networked Analysis<br />

Internal-Organization Decision Strategies<br />

Doma<strong>in</strong><br />

Collaboration<br />

Policy<br />

Estimative<br />

Location<br />

Tradition Predictive Mentor<br />

Taboo<br />

Report<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Security/Access<br />

Verbal Methods<br />

Organizational<br />

External-National Written Methods Doma<strong>in</strong><br />

Law<br />

Procedural<br />

Policy<br />

Read<strong>in</strong>ess<br />

External-International<br />

Resources<br />

Security<br />

Facilities<br />

Denial<br />

Deception<br />

Policy<br />

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