Thematic Synthesis of Post Activity Reviews: Lessons Relating to Management of the Simulation Environment Supporting Activity Vital Fire in May 2014

Abstract

Activity Vital Fire ran from 19 May 2014 to 30 May 2014. The Land Vehicle Simulation Environment (LVSE) was constructed to enable five Human Sciences experiments to be carried out on a single cohort of 14 military personnel. While the activity was broadly successful, and large amounts of quality data were generated, stability issues affected the schedule during the first week and significant effort was required to meet the requirements of the researchers. In order to extract lessons learned from formal and informal Post Activity Reviews (PARs) we applied a hybrid Thematic Synthesis methodology. The process identified four common themes in the data; Communication, Project Management, Experimental Design, and Testing. Within these themes we extract key observations and recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA623653

Entities

People

  • Glen Pearce

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Environment
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Observation
  • Personnel Management
  • Project Management
  • Simulations

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  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
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