Process and analysis
What is Intelligence requirement?
A specific question the intelligence team needs to answer for its stakeholders, which decides what gets collected and analysed.
An intelligence requirement is a clearly stated question that stakeholders need answered, and that therefore directs collection and analysis. Requirements are often tiered: priority intelligence requirements at the top, broken down into more specific information requirements.
Good requirements name the decision they support, the stakeholder and the timeframe. They also make it possible to say no to work that does not answer any of them.