Elements and Performance Criteria
- Organise information
- Instructions to conduct the processing activity are received and details are confirmed with supervisor as necessary
- Intelligence outputs are identified in accordance with user and client requirements
- Security requirements are maintained throughout the process in accordance with standard procedures
- Work timelines are confirmed to ensure that outputs will be available; if not advice is sought from supervisor
- Information or data is converted for use in the analytical process
- Collected information is evaluated in accordance with standard procedures
- Information gaps are identified and reported to supervisor
- Benchmarks and evaluation criteria appropriate to the intelligence requirement are identified
- Work health and safety (WHS) requirements, and safety precautions are applied throughout the process
- Legal requirements for activities are identified and applied during the process
- Analyse and interpret information
- Appropriate thinking process is used to interpret the information
- Assumptions that have been made about the processing of information are stated in a way that is clear, justified and consistent with work objectives
- Analytical and diagnostic techniques are selected that are reliable and appropriate to the intelligence requirement
- Trends are identified and analysed in light of environmental and cultural factors relevant to the particular situation
- Analysed information is interpreted to identify relevance to the operation
- Interpretations are made based on the factual, quantitative, and qualitative information
- Possible interpretations are tested, refined and consolidated to review credibility and consistency with new information
- Develop inferences
- Assumptions in arguments leading to inferences are clearly stated to inform clients and users
- Inferences are formulated from tested interpretations and facts
- Chain of reasoning in formulating inferences is clear to ensure transparency to clients and users
- Inferences are reviewed to identify and address any fallacies in reasoning
- Recommendations on intelligence analysis outcomes are developed and reported to inform clients and users
- Review analysis processes
- Results and conclusions are reviewed with relevant person/s wherever possible
- Analysis processes and outcomes are evaluated in accordance with client and user requirements
- Processes are managed and adjusted in accordance with evaluation and feedback from clients and users
- Information and detail related to analysis and evaluation is reported to appropriate parties in accordance with standard procedures