The Operations Intent and Effects Model (OIEM) is the first model that captures and relates Intent to the general C2 processes and C2 information elements as it matters to the world. The world is represented and bounded by an Initial State, Current State and End State. The model links Actions to Effects thereby providing a way to model causes of actions and effects to produce an End-State.

The model is based on Curts & Cambell.s (2006) Generic Command and Control Process and Boyds OODA-loop (1987) together with military decision making models such as MSMP, GOP, COPD, IDC2. The OIEM has been developed and enhanced during the research effort (2003-2011). In the author's first version (Gustavsson et al. 2008), the main characteristics of the model were introduced identifying Intent, Initial State, End State, Orders, Actions, Effects, Goal and the relation to Decision Making. In Gustavsson et al. (2009) the model was enhanced to better express the causalities and relations in the model. In Gustavsson, Hieb, and Wemmergård (2009) the Commander's Intent was replaced with Command Intent to better represent the collective effort in developing Intent, together with the insertion of plural forms of Actions, Orders, and Effects since there is not just one order, action or effect that leads towards an End-State. In Gustavsson et al. (2011) the Command Intent was replaced with the general term of Intent to encapsulate all forms of Intent. For clarity, boxes were introduced for all information elements including Mission/Goal and Intent. The model presented above has been further enhanced to incorporate Current State, and that Intent guides the implementation of Actions. The purpose of the changes made is to further clarify the role of Intent in a C2 process and its relation to other C2 information objects.

To the right the parts are explained more vivid and below the current formalism of the model is presented. Per M. Gustavsson

Acknowledgements

This is for you Frits, my hero.

I have been fortunate in working with good people. I thank all my friends and colleagues that in one way or another have helped me during this endeavour. To all of you - From the bottom of my heart I am most grateful.

I owe Samuel, Vilma and Lise-Lott big time, for all their love, patience and support. I am speechless.

I thank my supervisors, Philip Moore, Patric Eriksson and Lars Niklasson, for their advice and for not giving up on me.

I am blessed to have met with Michael Hieb, my friend and research colleague. Words seams too small to express my gratitude, thanks Mike! Saab and Ericsson have, during my research, supported me with employment and encouragement. My thanks go to Lars Persson for the encouragement and support to go-for-it, Johan Norén for the sustainment, Henrik Engqvist and Ulf Björkman for help in finalising it, and to Kevin Shearman for the grammar checks. Thanks to all that I have had the pleasure to work with at Saab, Ericsson, Prevas, University of Skövde, De Montfort University, George Mason University, Swedish Armed Forces, Swedish Defence Material Administration and Old Dominion University.

The ash cloud over Iceland in 2010 gave Ulrich Schade lot of time to review the thesis and provided me with valuable insights.

In school I have had the opportunity to meet, be taught by, and learn from: Jörgen Sjögren, Björn Carlsson, Wictor Szewcyk, George Salkovis, Stina Johansson, Unto Korhonen, Tommy Nordström, Jonas Mel(l)in, Bengt Eftring, Stig Emanuelsson and of course Elisabeth Sjökvist.

An individual thanks to: Agnes, Anita, Anders*3, Andreas*2, Barbro, Bernt, Björn, Charlie, Christian, Christer, Christoffer, Chuck, Eric(k)*3, Eva, Filip, FMCK, Fredrik*, Gunnar, Gustav, Gympatjejerna, Harsh, Henrik, Hjort, Pastor Jalle, Joakim*2, Jacob, Jan, Jean Michel Jarre, Jeff, Jimmy Hendrix, Johan*2, Jonas Blåberg, Jörgen*2, Kajsa, Kernighan & Ritchie, Lansdowne, Lars*2, Leif, Lennart, Linnea*2, Lise-Lott, Madeleine, Maria*3, Mark, Mat(h)ias*2, sp0matjo, Malin, Marco, Mikael, Nickelback, Niklas, Nick, O.Reilly, Outer Banks, Peter*3, Perl, Pär, Rammstein, Reine, Ritchie Blackmore, Ron, Saikou, Samuel*2, Sharon, Skövde Bandy, Starbucks at Franklin Farm, Stan, Sten, sp0*,sp1*, T(h)omas*3, Tony, Ulf, Washburn, Vilma, Vikram, Yamaha Dx7 and WR250, and of course the best parents one can have Vega and Sture, my sister Eva for all the fun, and my mother in law, Berit for ironing my shirts.

Linda, Göran, Hulda, and Frits, for so many reasons I wish you were here.

My intent is now to continue to explore the remaining corners of infinity.