Office of Operations
21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies

Long Description: Implementation Activities Checklist - Step 2

Step 2. Conduct a Stakeholder Simulation Exercise(s)

Assessment: Tabletop exercise

If Assessments apply:

  • Identify the stakeholders who will participate in the exercise
  • Develop a script for the exercise
  • Provide a timeline for the exercise to play-out
  • Identify reviewers who will watch the exercise and take notes
  • Provide time to review the exercise
  • Modify the traffic management plan based on what was learned during the exercise

Tips/Examples:

  • Test written assumptions in the traffic management plan
  • Examine how agencies react to different scenarios
  • Test interagency communications
  • Simulate command post operations
  • Evaluate security concerns and other potential risks
  • Review deployment of personnel and equipment
  • Discuss information gathering and dissemination
  • Identify what must be changed and how the traffic management plan can be improved

Assessment: Exercise staged in the field

If Assessments apply:

  • Identify the stakeholders who will participate in the exercise
  • Develop a script for the exercise
  • Provide a timeline for the exercise to play-out
  • Identify reviewers who will watch the exercise and take notes
  • Provide time to review the exercise
  • Modify the traffic management plan based on what was learned during the exercise

Tips/Examples:

  • Test written assumptions in the traffic management plan
  • Examine how agencies react to different scenarios
  • Test interagency communications
  • Simulate command post operations
  • Evaluate security concerns and other potential risks
  • Review deployment of personnel and equipment
  • Discuss information gathering and dissemination
  • Identify what must be changed and how the traffic management plan can be improved

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