ITX8062

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Grade assignment

30% - Performance at the tabletop exercises

30% - Written assignment (research paper, 2000-4000 words)

40% - Oral exam

Tabletop Exercise (practice component)

It's game time! In this part of the course we will learn about war games. We will discuss their importance and practical applications in the real world and see how those games are organized. We will not only talk about them, but we will try them out as well.

The goal of this is to analyse the importance of communication processes and to understand the need to test those processes using tabletop exercises. We will create different teams with different tasks that will fall into two main categories: Red teams and Blue teams.

To the blue teams we will show that you might not have the full understanding of the situation, not enough information and resources.

To the red teams we will show that even though you might have a perfect plan, things will not go as you would want them to go.

Agenda

Lesson 2

Introduction

Processes and testing

Examples of different exercises and games from real life

Lesson 3

Creating teams, assigning roles

Introducing scenarios and injects

Playing the first game to understand what we are doing

Lesson 4

Playing the first game with scenarios and injects

Analysing the game and reports

Lesson 5

Discussing self-written scenarios and injects

Explaining the "final game" and the methods

Lesson 7

Final game

Lesson 8

Feedback

General information

Red teams will get to do less during the class exercises. However - their performance during the last exercise will be watched and graded with more detail. It requires much more independent work from the team to prepare.

If you have questions, comments or ideas about the topic then you can contact me via e-mail hallas at ut dot ee.

EXAM

Exam times

- TBD (December/January)

- Send in your exam time preference and paper at least one week before the exam date!
- Be present at the beginning of the exam!
- You are allowed to use your computer during the exam.

Check this wiki for updates on the location of the exam.