A_Tradecraft_Primer_Basic_Structured_Analytic_Techniques.pdf

DIRECTORATE FOR ANALYSIS ANALYTIC METHODOLOGIES A Tradecraft Primer: Basic Structured Analytic Techniques FIRST EDITION MARCH 2008 -- 1 of 69 -- FOREWORD This primer is intended to be a companion to the Sherman Kent School's A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intel- ligence Analysis. The only duplication occurs where DJA's Directorate for Analysis differs slightly in the use or interpretation of a given technique. The primer was developed to give analysts in the Di...