Finally, all teams participate in a group debrief which focuses on the impact of the underlying systems of any disaster relief operation. We are in process of evaluation of the impact of the simulation on Disaster Response. Our preliminary results are positive. Our evaluation process has included interviews with disaster operations managers who have supervised the performance of staff who have attended the simulation. Staff think more systematically before taking action Staff are more proactive rather than reactive.
Staff are better at team building.
In addition, respondents indicated that on operations in which multiple people had attended the simulation there was even greater performance improvement than when only one person had attended. Based on this simulation, we have consulted with Perot Systems and The Defense Information Agency todevelop business disaster recovery simulations. Both report good results in using their simulations to create a shared mental model for overall recovery effort.