I am going to use military analogies
because war is an inherently chaotic situation,
similar to emergencies and disasters.
Additional, the analyses of successes and failures
is vastly superior to what is found for corporate business.
Since many of the professional emergency responders
have military experience,
the analogies and terminology may be useful.
However, the use of analogies can impede discussions
when some participants take them further than intended.
Caveat: I do not have a military background,
but have spent a lot of time dealing with people who do.
I see this as an advantage - I know enough to be able to extract
some of the useful lessons without being overcommitted to the approach
I am breaking the problem down into four areas