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Evidence Guide: PUAPOL032B - Plan intelligence activities

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PUAPOL032B - Plan intelligence activities

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Establish project parameters

  1. Strategic, operational, and tactical projects are identified and prioritised to optimise resources
  2. Clients and stakeholders are identified and communication channels formalised to facilitate immediate and appropriate contact
  3. User expectations are established to formulate project objectives and outcomes
  4. Time frames for intelligence projects are established and agreed to reflect client needs and investigation deadlines
  5. Potential implications and constraints are identified and addressed in the project management plan
  6. Client/stakeholders ownership is established to ensure involvement from the case officer and other users of the intelligence product
  7. Terminology is defined to ensure a common understanding between those involved
  8. The project is compared to other current projects to determine its priority in terms of its scope, importance, and resource requirements
Strategic, operational, and tactical projects are identified and prioritised to optimise resources

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Clients and stakeholders are identified and communication channels formalised to facilitate immediate and appropriate contact

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User expectations are established to formulate project objectives and outcomes

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Time frames for intelligence projects are established and agreed to reflect client needs and investigation deadlines

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Potential implications and constraints are identified and addressed in the project management plan

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Client/stakeholders ownership is established to ensure involvement from the case officer and other users of the intelligence product

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Terminology is defined to ensure a common understanding between those involved

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The project is compared to other current projects to determine its priority in terms of its scope, importance, and resource requirements

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Develop a project management plan

  1. The scope of the project is determined, including the linkages between different possible entities, to form the intelligence plan
  2. Models are developed to direct and inform intelligence activities
  3. Aims, objectives and key issues are identified
  4. Strategies to achieve the objectives are specified
  5. Communication channels between the operatives, client, stakeholders and users are formalised to facilitate immediate contact
  6. Risk factors associated with the project are identified and strategies put in place to minimise risk
  7. Information is managed to facilitate its ready accessibility
  8. The project management plan is documented and approved
The scope of the project is determined, including the linkages between different possible entities, to form the intelligence plan

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Models are developed to direct and inform intelligence activities

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Aims, objectives and key issues are identified

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Strategies to achieve the objectives are specified

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Communication channels between the operatives, client, stakeholders and users are formalised to facilitate immediate contact

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Risk factors associated with the project are identified and strategies put in place to minimise risk

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Information is managed to facilitate its ready accessibility

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The project management plan is documented and approved

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Plan resource allocation

  1. The resources required for the project are estimated as accurately as possible given available information
  2. Negotiations are undertaken with decision-makers who have responsibility for resources to make them available when required
  3. A resource plan seeking commitment to expend resources is clearly and concisely written for decision-makers
The resources required for the project are estimated as accurately as possible given available information

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Negotiations are undertaken with decision-makers who have responsibility for resources to make them available when required

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A resource plan seeking commitment to expend resources is clearly and concisely written for decision-makers

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

It is essential for this unit that competence be demonstrated in a plan that reflects strategic objective and resource constraints.

Consistency in performance

Evidence of competency in this unit will need to be gathered over time and from across a range of simulated and/or actual workplace activities.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments.

Specific resources for assessment

No special requirements.

Required Skills and Knowledge

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit.

Required Skills

oral communication (listening, establishing rapport, negotiation, conflict resolution)

written communication in preparing intelligence plans and documentation, tactical and resource plans, etc.

resource management including budgetary, human and physical resources and allocation/access

organisation and time management

computer and information management

gather, collate and record information

operate safely as reflected

Required Knowledge

correct interpretation of all applicable laws

policy and procedures

government and policy environments within which intelligence operations will be managed and political considerations which may impact

agency goals and objectives

information management systems and law enforcement databases

possible client/users of the intelligence product and the different contexts in which this may be used

different types of criminal activity and their elements eg. general crime, theft, burglary, assault, drugs, fraud, homicide, available resources which may need to be deployed to support the intelligence operation and negotiation strategies to access these

security issues and classifications

intelligence principles and a practical knowledge of case management systems and a range of contexts in which these can be applied, and evidentiary requirements

Range Statement

The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.

The project management plan should include:

the aims and objectives of the project

the possible strategies available to achieve the objectives

identified risk strategies, and costings

It would also include reference to resources: the sources of the resources, their availability, limitations, and contingencies or alternatives

The plan would include reference to strategies put in place to maintain or replace systems

Strategic includes:

environmental scanning and identification of emerging issues and trends

Clients are:

the persons or organisations requesting intelligence projects for whom completed projects are intended. Clients may be internal or external and can range from an individual to a group of people representing various levels of management from an intelligence unit, another section of the agency or multi-agency and multi-organisational group

Users are:

other people or organisations (not being the client) who may legitimately have access to and make use of the completed intelligence project

users may be internal or external

A project can:

have a wide range of classifications ranging from classified through to highly classified

present a range of risks to the agency and/or client should confidentiality be breached

have routine through to unusual and unfamiliar aims and expectations

have simple through to complex parameters

User expectations include:

the outcomes and anticipated levels of achievement of completed intelligence projects

Products can be:

tactical or strategic, and can be formal or informal, written or oral, hard copy or electronic and of varying lengths

Objectives are:

goals or outcomes that are realistic and measurable

Operatives may include:

team members

clients

stakeholders and users

Strategies may include:

identifying time frames

constraints

phases and methodologies for example: interviews, surveys, participant observation, content analysis

Resources may include:

human

equipment/physical

financial information

information technology

intelligence

resources may be internal or external

Limitations may include:

training needs

staff and equipment availability

computer access time

economic and financial considerations

Resource allocation decisions may be affected by:

staffing and equipment levels of the analytical unit

Information sources may include:

internal and external sources

individuals

groups

organisations

Models may include:

management of the collection

collation and evaluation of intelligence information