I've spent some time hunting the .mil sites, but have found very little discussion or analysis of the term. It's in the
DTRA acronyms list exactly as Steve described it, and it's mentioned as one of a number of "assessment tools", but beyond that, not a whole lot.
It's surely not a great big secret, if there are top selling self-help books that feature it as one of their main angles. You'd think there would be something in the syllabi at the Westpoint DMI, but no.
So what's up? Is CARVER an important assessment tool or not?