"Crisis Action Planning will create one of two products.....OPORD [or] Campaign Plan, and they are really related to one another". (Army Transportation School, Crisis Action Planning (Strategic Deployment Planning Course). Slide 4) CAP ensures: (1) A logical approach to a crisis (2) Rapid, effective exchange of information (3) Timely preparation of COAs [Courses of Action] (4) Timely relay of decisions. (Slide 5)