COPLAN is C4i Consultants' collaborative planning software. When integrated with a command and control system, it allows distributed collaborative planning to occur within a networked headquarters as well as across radio networks.
COPLAN is designed to work in the same manner as the command staff:

• Command supervision and direction of work
• Simultaneous work on the plans and orders
• Revision and error checking
• Approval and sign-off
• Briefings from the on-line plan
• Distribution of plans and orders via the command and control system

COPLAN may also be integrated with C4i Consultants MILTOOLS - Staff Officer Planning Tools to further enhance the capabilities of the staff officer.

Features & Benefits

• Flexible Architecture
  COPLAN architecture allows both users within the HQ and remote users (such as at a different HQ site or alternate HQ) to fully contribute to the plan.  The C4ISR system is used as an information bearer system for COPLAN, and data is passed in an efficient manner to minimize bandwidth use.  COPLAN is hosted within a HQ on existing computers.
• Collaborative Planning
  COPLAN allows the Chief of Staff (COS) to rapidly set up planning sessions and assign tasks.  Plans are managed completely separately from orders, however a previous set of orders can be used for a new plan.  The COS can see at a glance what each portion of the order is at what stage, and what has been signed off and what requires approval.  The solutions can be war gamed using the MILSIM plug-in and all of the common tools such as ORBAT, Synchronization Matrices, Drawings, Maps, Imagery, etc.  can be incorporated in the plan by simply dragging and dropping into the plan.  A button push prepares the orders for transmission.
• War Gaming
  War Gaming is an important feature of the planning process.  In the war gaming phase of planning, MILSIM runs the prospective plan and the staff officers play the various sides to attempt to analyze the plan for weakness and to determine time and space issues.  The MILSIM War Game takes only a few minutes to set up, can be run at faster than real-time (up to 24x), and a variety of reports and logs show the staff officers where potential problems are within the plan.
• Time Management
  COPLAN allows the Chief of Staff to manage the time of the staff as well as control the Battle Rhythm cycle within the headquarters.  Reminders can be set to prompt staff when to send out critical reports and returns and what deliveries are due during their shift.  The time management aspects of planning are set up and controlled through simple forms.

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