Initiate

During the Initiate phase, we engage the sponsor and form a core wargaming team. The sponsor helps us determine the Wargame’s objectives and potential issues while our team helps us scope the program and create a Data Collection and Management Plan (DCMP).

1. Download Initiate Course Materials

• Organization of a Project Team Slide Deck
• Sponsor Introduction Slide Deck
• Sponsor Interactions and the Analysis Business Model Slide Deck
• Educating Sponsors Slide deck
• Constraint, Limitations, and Assumptions: Code of Best Practice  Slide deck
• CLAs and Using CLAS in Sponsor negotiations Slide Deck
• Sponsor Wargaming Proposal Agreement

2. Read article on Discussion on Constraints, Limitations, and Assumptions

3. Review Soft Tools for Operations Research and Wargaming

4. Watch this presentation on the Organization of a Project Team

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5. Watch this presentation on Sponsor Introduction

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6. Read about Sponsor Interaction Considerations

7. Watch this presentation on Sponsor Interactions and the Analysts Business Model

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8. Watch this presentation on Education Sponsors

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9. Read the presentation on Constraint, Limitations, and Assumptions: Code of Best Practice

10. Watch this presentation on CLAS and using CLAS in Sponsor Negotiations

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11. Watch this presentation on DCMP Design Techniques, Analysis of Alternatives

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12. Complete Practical Exercise #2

13. Complete Practical Exercise #3

14. Customize the Sponsor Proposal Agreement for your wargame

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