No. 298: Understanding Capability-Based Planning

Author(s): Constant Despont
Series Editor(s): Benno Zogg, Julian Kamasa, Fabien Merz, Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 298
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2022

The Swiss Armed Forces are currently in a transition phase to base their development on a capability-based approach. Several armed forces worldwide have already implemented this and encountered problems. To avoid similar setbacks, it is necessary for the Swiss Armed Forces to focus on the core of the capability-based planning method, including its rigorous application.

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Basic Scheme of Capability-Based Planning