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by Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card
Presented By: Charles Rojo

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Abstract
• By analyzing results from cognitive task
analysis and verbal protocols, this paper
describes intelligence analysis as an
example of sensemaking.
• It also suggests leverage points where
technology (e.g. visualization) might assist
sensemaking for intelligence analysis.
Introduction
• This work doesn’t seek small improvements
to current techniques in intelligence analysis.
• It seeks to shed light on the process in
greater depth, through empirical studies, to
find the right leverage points that will have
the biggest impact on improvement of
analysis.

Introduction
• Intelligence analysis is a wide and variable task
domain.
• Care must be taken when generalizing it based
off particular intelligence tasks or analyst types.
• Ex:
Human Intelligence Analyst vs. Financial Intelligence Analyst
Their tasks, knowledge, and skill sets are very different.
• Generalizations must be applicable to all
aspects of intelligence analysis.

Reference:
http://cs.sunysb.edu/~mueller/teaching/c...making.pdf

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The Sensemaking Process is a method of moving or reduce a presentation to the cost structure of an external perception to reduce task. External knowledge is the human information processing that the internal perception of perception and manipulation of external representations of information links.