REQUIREMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01083A000100010013-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: March 19, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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Our problem is not how to "coordinate" requirements--it is
how to give good guidance to moll ectors.
C omp? reining about the rep uire rnte 1;rooee has been a popslar
t ctivity in the intelligence coe tnity for many years. It appears
to be especial i y poyu" r.r at the resent tine, and r . number of
panaceas are being considered as a result of the enrrent rash of
comp mints. Some of the complaints, however, are based on a mis-
understanding of the require?eents process and the panaceas seem
to be directed towsrrc the solution of superficial problems rather
than etting at fundamental difficulties.
Collectors frequently complain of being &eked the sam queer
Lion or related questions by two or more components of the inte'lli-
ence eos ity. Ybey also complain that they are sometimes asked
inappropriate questions or that the same questions are asked of
various collectors resulting in cbtplieete effort on the 1 .*A
the coil ectors that might have been avoieted if the question had
been a&iressed to only one collector. On the other side of the
ocis, a nalys tie complain of the effort required to somas] ata
requirem is far eubmmmission to what appears to then to be a bgreseu-
cratie morass. Many of them comp] yin of the effort especially as
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they feel that the results are seldom worth the effort and that
many of their requirements are 1 evied on collectors without ever
being fulfilled.
These complaints are the result of a motor of fags
which include the followings
(a) Collectors serve a. complex of custca re whose
interest* overlap to eonsiderable uegrae.
(b) Mazy analysts have unrealistic expectations eoa-
ceraing what can be accouplished by collectors.
(a) Nany collectors do not unaerstand the substance
involved in the require ate they are toing asked to fulfill.
(a) Ma yr analysts seek ineuranee for the fulfillment
of their impp rtant requirements by levying what in essentially
the s ene requirement in rictus was and on various collectors.
(e) S c sae of the more aggressive analysts ba;
lectors or engages in ussp ofit*ble sniping coysteste.
The cemt -* of theme complaints may not be particularly praise-
worthy but they are essentially hteean cans... It say be poesibl.e
to aduCet bath collectors and analysts and organise their role..
tion ship in such a way as to reduce these cases, but as long as
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human beings are involved, the causes will not disappear cess-
p? etely. It is important to recognise, therefore, that a oer -
ta-in a mount of complaining is inherent In the situation and will
not be eliminated by ehanges in procedure.
If requirements are considered to be purely a procedural
.:roblem, there is no question but what the requirements process
could be organized in a h acre efficient canner than it is
today. However, .he intelligence coesumity exists to pmts
the intelligence required by policy and operational nlsmants of
the government. Intelligence does not exist to , aintain a smooth
running requirements process. Naturally we want the arequire ents
and any other process involved in the production of inte'Ii-
gene. to be as efficient as possible, but our main focus must be
co maximize the efficiency of the production of intelligence
rather than one of the subordinate processes and highly sfti>
dent production of intelligence can conoeivabl,y resu't in act
insffistent subordinate process.
Finished intell.igenee is based on information elr.ady avail.
able to the intelligence city, end requirements are issued
to guide collectors in order that they may collect the inforr..
aatiouneeded for the production of future intelligence on knows
or anticipated problems. If the analysts were copl etely effi-
cient they .ould anticip&te all problems and issue requirements
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a+p, ro3riately. However, they are h=un
usoets issued by Una will rover i:sovide cosplete guidances to a*
lectors. In e4Ln7 casas eeduaa.tod cand ve11