Organizational Troop-to-Task (OT3) Wargames

Abstract

Organizational Troop-to-Task (OT3) resource-management wargames allow players to assign personnel under their command to meet the tasking of a higher headquarters throughout the narrative storyline of the wargame. We outline the rules and requirements to assemble and execute an OT3 wargame and provide a simplified print-and-play example. We discuss the data that can be collected, as well as what can be gleamed from that datanamely, (1) as an assessment of whether the organizational staff is right-sized for the given narrative storyline and its explicit or implied tasking; (2) an assessment of the gaps and seams of the organization, exploring where the organizational design may impede required information flow; and (3) a broad understanding of how an organization might respond to a given sequence of events. This document does not assess any particular organization. It provides the framework and toolkit for future organizational assessments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2019
Accession Number
AD1078910

Entities

People

  • Jeremy Sepinsky
  • Margaux Hoar

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directives
  • Employment
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Resource Management
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Social Networks
  • Steady State

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design