Session plan
The session plan is the last design step. It opens once the needs analysis is approved, and it needs a ready MSEL before it can be ready itself.
The steps
Section titled “The steps”| Step | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Evaluation plan | The Exercise Evaluation Guides and who rates what |
| Design validation | The planning meeting, the dry run and what they found |
| Session | Date, time, time zone, modality and logistics |
| Documents and follow-up | Session documents and the calendar afterwards |
| Review | What’s still pending |
Only a small core is required. The rest is optional and folded away.
Exercise Evaluation Guides
Section titled “Exercise Evaluation Guides”TTX-Zone creates one EEG per objective. Its observation points come from the conditions in the objective’s success criterion, the expected actions of the MSEL that evidence it, and any notification the objective cites. You can add your own points for what those don’t cover.
Every point is rated on one common scale, which you can adjust for a point:
| Level | Meaning |
|---|---|
| P | Performed without challenges |
| S | Performed with some challenges |
| M | Performed with major challenges |
| U | Unable to be performed |
If the needs analysis or the MSEL changes, the plan tells you, and Update the EEGs brings the points in line. Ratings are kept.
Assign Evaluators
Section titled “Assign Evaluators”Every objective needs an Evaluator. A warning tells you if there’s no Lead Evaluator.
Mark it ready
Section titled “Mark it ready”The plan needs every objective measured, a ready MSEL with its mandatory injects validated, and the session’s date, time, zone and modality. An in-person session needs a venue, and a remote one a link. Then select Mark ready.
Session documents
Section titled “Session documents”Download documents, at the top of the page, offers:
| Document | For |
|---|---|
| Situation Manual (SitMan) | Players, before the session: objectives, rules, roles and the starting point. Never the injects |
| Facilitator and Controller guide | The team: stop procedure, roster and the MSEL by phase |
| Inject cards | Printing, for a session on paper |
| EEGs | Evaluators |
| Evaluation plan | The team |
| Participant feedback form | A paper version of the form |
The plan also holds the stop procedure. The stop keyword is set in the needs analysis.