Which of the following is NOT a component of the COA Development step in MDMP?

In the context of the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), the Course of Action (COA) Development step focuses on devising several viable strategies to achieve the mission objectives. This step involves analyzing friendly and enemy forces, designing various courses of action, and assessing the potential outcomes of these actions to determine their feasibility and effectiveness.

The production of orders, however, is not part of the COA Development step. Instead, it occurs later in the process after a preferred course of action has been selected. Therefore, while the other components directly contribute to generating and refining the courses of action, order production is a separate activity that takes place in the subsequent steps of MDMP, specifically during the Orders Production step.