Intelligence Product Development
Intelligence activities are rather complex and abstract by nature, which is why the output of an intelligence operation should be built into “intelligence products”; an area still rather unknown in research literature.
The objective of an intelligence process is not only to provide generic information or intelligence, but also customized solutions or customized intelligence
products.
When an organization has adopted an intelligence process and when the process has established a stable position in the organization, the entire intelligence process can be seen as a product.
An intelligence operation can not be fully built into products. Every organization and company have their own intelligence needs and specific business environments, both of which change increasingly rapidly.
Key Statements from the Document
- Intelligence products are complex and multidimensional by nature.
- High degree of analysis is one of the most important objectives in any intelligence process.
- A very important issue is also the media of an intelligence product. The media refers to the tool(s) of communication.
- Almost any standardized format of business information can be considered as an intelligence product.
- Different Reviews and Reports include processed and analyzed content regarding an industry player, customer industry, a strategic theme or some other specific intelligence need.
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