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Defining Exercise Project Management
Exercise project management is the next step after program management. In this
step, project managers are responsible for the design, development, and execution
of a specific exercise, followed by evaluation and improvement planning. Good
project management involves
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Developing a project management timeline
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Establishing project milestones
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Identifying the exercise planning team
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Scheduling planning conferences
These tasks are the foundation of every exercise—without them, other tasks and
stages of the exercise planning cycle could not happen.
Exercise Timeline
In program management, the Multiyear Exercise Schedule provides a long-term
calendar for multiple exercises. Exercise project managers build timelines to include
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A schedule of key conferences and milestones
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A Master Task List
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Planning team task assignments
Generally, timelines for discussion-based exercises are shorter and have fewer tasks
than timelines for operations-based exercises.
Design and Development
Think of design as the framework of an exercise, and development as the building
of that exercise.
Exercise design includes
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Assessing exercise needs
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Defining the scope of the exercise
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Writing a statement of purpose
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Defining exercise objectives
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Creating a scenario for the exercise
Exercise development includes
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Creating exercise documentation
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Arranging logistics, actors, and safety
