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Appendix E:

1. Exercise Planning Checklist—Full-scale Exercise

Purpose
A list of items or tasks that must be addressed during the planning phase

How to use
Fill in dates, names, and materials to be used for your specific exercise.
Planning timeframe is dependent on the scale of exercise.

Sample Planning Checklist—
Full-scale Exercise

Lydia Cook, John Gilbert, Odalis Diaz,
1. PLANNING TEAM
Marion Bell, Ken Gricell
Exercise Development Start Date End Date Assigned Staff Status
Steps

Identify need for exercise 2/01/06 L. Cook complete
Determine structure of
planning team 2/01/06 2/03/06 J. Gilbert complete
Develop work plan and
schedule 2/03/06 2/10/06 O. Diaz complete
Develop exercise
evaluation plan 2/14/06 2/21/06 M. Bell complete
Develop public
information plan 2/14/06 2/21/06 K. Gricell complete
2. EXERCISE DESIGN
Identify overarching goals 2/03/06 2/10/06 Cook, Gilbert complete
Establish purpose 2/01/06 Cook, Gilbert
Establish scope and scale Cook, Gilbert, Diaz
Define extent of play Diaz
Develop objectives Bell
Determine exercise type
(format, e.g.,TTX, FSE, etc.) Cook, Gilbert
Develop exercise scenario
narrative summary Diaz
Develop concept of
operations
Define exercise
assumptions, artificialities
Develop security plan
(exercise safety) Gricell
Develop exercise timeline,
master scenario events list,
injects, and simulations
Finalize scenario
Define resource requirements
and logistics plan
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