Before people can be trained for a new job, one must identify the duties and responsibilities included in the job. Yields a breakdown of job responsibilities. Think job description . . . Task Analysis Breaks down job responsibilities into tasks and also reveals the skills and knowledge job holders need to complete each task. Some other considerations in T-D Simulations Don't introduce so many too many complications.
Credibility Make sure the problem and the variables are credible and meaningful to learners.
Roles Roles should call for participants to address the problem Role allows maximum opportunity to exercise initiatives, select relevant data, implement any of a variety of strategies Role is empowers with authority and responsibility to solve the problem Control of Events Should not be dominated by random events Learners must perceive that their decisions and actions are major determinants of the consequences that they experience in the simulation. Success resolves around the systematic and ration interpretation of data. Develop a quick Blueprint for a Tactical-Decision Simulation.