Introduction The Intelligence Cycle is an [effective] but obsolete model. Essentially, it attempts to view intelligence as a process and not simply a product. Therefore, by attempting to outline a complex procedure simply, the cycle will be prone to misrepresenting dynamic changes; operational realities and overestimate or underestimate particular parts of the process. However, its strengths lie in its simplicity: moving through the alphabet soup that is the Intelligence Community and making sense of the entire process is daunting: the Intelligence Cycle attempts to define its movement. This gives people inside and outside the intelligence community the ability to understand the essential principles, or objectives, within intelligence; which is essentially a service. Additionally, simplicity allows for change to better adapt to the environment. However, as is evident from recent criticisms of the Intelligence Community (IC), across the West in particular, there is a dramatic need for reform. In particular, each phase of the process, and its relationship to the others, is misrepresented in the Intelligence Cycle. In short, the Management phase must reevaluate its position due to the changing political context; the collection and analysis phases are overcrowded due to the information age; and the diffusion phase is often abused by policy makers. The following suggests that the cycle can be modified to better reflect operational realities; a more productive solution than a complete revolution. Comparing it to a more complex systems model; and suggest that a more detailed model of the traditional intelligence cycle will achieve this. Understanding the need for these changes will in turn illustrate the project... at the heart of the article ......lins, A., (ed.) Contemporary Security Studies, USA, Oxford University Press, 2007, p256. Dupont, 2003, p18.Dupont, 2003, p21.Dupont, 2003, p26.Mercado, S., 'Sailing the Sea of ​​OSINT in the Information Age', Studies in Intelligence, Vol.48(3), p45- 55.Bartz , D., "Information Management Processes and the Intelligence Cycle", Journal of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, Vol.14(1)US Government, A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis, Center for the Study of Intelligence, March 2009Heuer Jr., R., 'Psychology of Intelligence Analysis', Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, 1999, chapter 2 on perception in particular.Gookins, 2008, p70.Hulnick, 2006, p961 -962. Lowenthal, 2006, p.62-64. Gookins, 2008, p68. Hulnick, 2006, p.965-966.