A Day in the Life of a Junior Intelligence Analyst

RFI Processing and Deciphering: Michaela receives request for information (RFI) from her mentor/supervisor, often dealing with non-native English speakers or untranslated content, which requires extra effort to understand the context.

Report Drafting: She begins drafting based on the RFI details, conducts background research on entities, and learns about unfamiliar terms to determine their importance.

Report Enhancement and Collaboration: Michaela integrates her research findings into the report draft and collaborates with others for input and revision, refining her work based on their suggestions.

Mentor Consultation: As a junior analyst, she frequently consults her mentors throughout the drafting process, ensuring her reports are concise and accurate.

Approval and Dissemination: Once satisfied with her draft, Michaela sends it to a senior analyst for final approval before it's forwarded to the customer or distributed.

Information Locating

Struggling with locating report elements and needing to use various search terms and consult subject matter experts.

Resources

Desiring a comprehensive list of resources and tools to save time in discovering them individually.

Machine Translations

Seeking enhanced accuracy in machine-generated translations.

Workflow Disruptions

Meetings, trainings, and waiting for feedback from other reporters slow down the report drafting process and disrupt the workflow.