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Planning Checklist—Tabletop Exercise

1. PLANNING TEAM

Exercise Development Start Date End Date Assigned Staff Status
Steps

Identify need for exercise

Determine structure of
planning team

Develop work plan and
schedule

Develop exercise
evaluation plan

Develop public
information plan

2. EXERCISE DESIGN

Identify overarching goals
Establish purpose

Establish scope and scale
Define extent of play

Develop objectives
Determine exercise type
(format, e.g.,TTX, FSE, etc.)
Develop exercise scenario
narrative summary

Develop concept of
operations

Define exercise
assumptions, artificialities

Develop security plan
(exercise safety)

Develop exercise timeline,
master scenario events list,
injects, and simulations

Finalize scenario

Define resource requirements
and logistics plan