by Rob Burton | Apr 12, 2016
Do you want to take your crisis simulation exercises to the next level? Feel like your Tabletop Exercises have hit the limit in terms their effectiveness and realism? Then you should consider using a SimCell. What’s a SimCell? A SimCell (Simulation Cell) is a...
by PreparedEx | Nov 3, 2015
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSThe 5 Steps to Creating and Delivering Tabletop Exercises was designed to help organizations improve their existing crisis simulation exercises or create new ones...
by PreparedEx | Oct 14, 2015
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSDonald Estes has over 20 years of experience conducting research, analysis, and war gaming support to the Department of Defense, DHS, other government agencies and...
by Rob Burton | Apr 28, 2015
An After Action Report (AAR) is used to provide feedback on the exercise. It summarizes exercise events and analyzes performance of the tasks identified as important during the planning process. It also evaluates achievement of the selected exercise objectives and...
by Don Estes | Jul 21, 2014
The term, “war-game” is simply a translation of the German term, “kriegspiel.” Because many are simply uncomfortable with the term “war-game,” feeling perhaps that war is too serious for “games,” you will often see every...
by David Kalson | Feb 10, 2014
Can a crisis plan that’s regularly tested through crisis simulation exercises help to prevent disasters such as the cataclysmic train derailment that occurred in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic last July? The answer is — yes and no. Yes, if...
