Wow ... is this diagram available in a higher res version?
(the better to amuse my coworkers with)
That PPT that was presented to GEN McCrystal should never have made it that far.
That ppt, is an aggregate SOSA tool (system of systems analysis) that takes into account all of the PMESII (Political, Military, Economic, Social, information and Infrastructure) model interactions and data flows.
Those aggregate models shold NEVER be presented to GO’s/FO’s like that.
Holy crap! no wonder he made that commentary.
Assuming a decent level of accuracy, there’s nothing wrong with that chart.
It’s usefulness is in showing complexity.
You’d brief it by saying something like:
I don’t expect or want you to actually read this chart. It’s up here to show the complexity of (whatever the subject matter is). We’ll go into detail as necessary in later charts.
And then you’d go on to the next chart.