In the book Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America’s Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World, James D. Murphy shares a six-step process for mission planning.
The Six Steps to Mission Planning

Step 1. Determine the Mission Objective. A mission objective has to be clear, measurable, and believable.
Step 2. Identify the Threats. In this step, you identify your internal and external threats.
Step 3. Identify Your Available Resources. This includes people, money, systems, technologies, products, clients, time, known strengths, services …

In the book, Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America’s Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World, James D. Murphy shares a particularly colorful story to illustrate the importance of sharing lessons learned:
“Let’s go back in history. In Vietnam, if a fighter pilot could survive his first ten missions, there was a good chance he would survive 100 missions and go home to his family. But the first ten missions were tough — most of the pilots lost were lost …

In, Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America’s Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World,James D. Murphy shares a 7 step process for continuous learning and improvement:
The Stealth Debrief

S. Set time / location / preparation. Let everyone know what they need to bring to the debrief. Start and end on time. Don’t let the debrief degrade into an endless postmortem. Another key is identifying objectives, such as what future actions are desired. Will you do things better? Will you pass …