- Acronym
MDMP
Military Decision-Making Process
- Reference
Troop leading procedures and how they differ from MDMP
The eight troop leading procedures, which of them run in parallel rather than in order, and why a company or platoon uses them instead of MDMP.
- FM 5-0Publication
Planning and Orders Production
FM 5-0 is the Army's reference for planning: the military decision-making process, troop leading procedures, Army design methodology, and the formats for plans and orders. If you have ever needed the five-paragraph OPORD format at midnight, this is the book. The November 2024 edition supersedes the 16 May 2022 version and the posted file incorporates change 1, dated August 2025.
- ADP 5-0Publication
The Operations Process
ADP 5-0 is the doctrine for how units plan, prepare, execute, and assess operations, and what commanders and staffs each owe that process. It is short, and almost every staff argument you will have traces back to it. FM 5-0 carries the detailed procedures.
- Reference
The military decision-making process
Seven steps that turn a mission from higher into an approved plan and an order, plus what each step is supposed to produce.
- Acronym
TLP
Troop Leading Procedures