Collaborative Writing in the Intelligence Community: Investigation of Analytic Collaborative Reporting Processes and Writing Strategies

Abstract

With new and evolving technology and ever-increasing remote collaboration, intelligence reporting processes are at a crossroads. Key questions about how best to collaboratively produce reports to get the right information to the right decision-makers in the right context are more important than ever. This research project has attempted to address one part of the puzzle: How can reports be produced collaboratively? In this article, throughout two studies, the researchers documented the processes of report generation and consumption as well as assessed three collaborative writing strategies to gain valuable research data and to aid analysts with collaborative reporting, improve collaboration, and advance reporting methodology within the Intelligence Community.