Course Review Process

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Course Review Process
OEP Exec
Subject Matter Expert
E T Sub-Committee
SEPC SCAC
Additional Committees
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NEEDS IDENTIFICATION

• Review Existing Plan
• Whats in place
• Is it relevant to the HVA
• Does it align with compliance/standards and
  target capabilities
• Conduct Needs Identification
• Gap Analysis
• Explore remedies
• Define Exercise Scope
• Define participants
• Identify facilities and locations
• Budget
• Time
• Define Exercise Type
• Table-top
• Drill
• Functional

3
ANALYSIS DESIGN

• Perform Needs Analysis
• Population analysis
• Current training available
• Identify learning/functional gaps
• Verify learner capability
• Lock-down Project Scope
• Clarify and adjust statement of work and purpose
• Adjust for size
• Adjust for budget
• Develop Objectives for Participants
• Define exercise objectives
• Define participant objectives
• Verify objectives map to defined
  requirements/standards
• Define assessment strategy

4
DEVELOPMENT

• Develop Exercise Content
• Create narrative
• Ensure storyline relevance
• Assess realistic capability to meet narrative
  goal
• List and Define Expected Actions
• Define what participants should do
• List what participants may do
• Set threshold for success/failure
• Write Major and Detailed Events
• Create prototype activities for course
• Verify with SMEs that activities meet learner
  needs
• Adjust as required
• Submit Materials for Peer Review
• Submit exercise materials to SMEs for final
  sign-off
• Submit exercise for review to non-SME reviewers
• Lock-down exercise content

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IMPLEMENTATION

• Communicate Exercise Plan
• Execute communication plan
• Ensure awareness
• Establish Exercise Ground-rules
• Identify rules
• Define limitations
• Define success
• Distribute Scenario
• Distribute scenario to key players for review
• Communicate contingency plan
• Define Timeline
• Communicate timeline for implementation
• Verify individual participation
• Control Simulation Events
• Identify facilitators

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EVALUATION

• Observe and Collect Exercise Data
• Evaluators observe exercise activity
• Evaluators document according to evaluation
  protocols
• Administer and Assess Learner Feedback
• Survey/ and Hot Wash (Level One)
• Facilitator or system delivered feedback surveys
  completed immediately following course and hot
  wash conducted
• Review course evaluations
• Deliver observations to project lead
• Assess Participant Performance
• (Level Two)
• Compare success criteria to performance
  (verifying objectives were met)
• Report scores to Evaluation Specialist for review
• Score Participant Success/Failure Rate
• Examine performance
• Report out proficiency