BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front)
The principle of placing the conclusion, recommendation, or answer at the very start of an output, before the supporting reasoning; formalized in US military writing (Army Regulation 25-50) and standard in executive communication.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Literacy & Professional Conduct.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The principle of placing the conclusion, recommendation, or answer at the very start of an output, before the supporting reasoning; formalized in US military writing (Army Regulation 25-50) and standard in executive communication.
A writing structure, formalized in U.S. military doctrine, that states the conclusion or most important fact in the first sentence or two, before supporting detail, on the assumption the reader may stop reading at any point.
The communication discipline of stating the main conclusion or recommendation first, before the supporting detail; formalized in US Army Regulation 25-50 and the Decision-first step of DRIVE.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Recipient-Centered Output Design · Practical AI Workflow Design and Prompt Engineering, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- Communicating AI-Driven Insights to Non-Technical Stakeholders · Advanced AI Literacy, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.