Five-day professional development program. Approximately 25-30 training hours. Final arrangements are confirmed in writing.
Course Overview
Build exercises that test coordination, decision-making and improvement follow-up.
This five-day professional development program focuses on exercise objectives and participant roles, scenario design and discussion injects, facilitation observation and accessibility. Participants connect the learning with their organizational responsibilities and develop a tabletop exercise plan and evaluation pack.
The program uses fictional or anonymized cases and management-level exercises. It can be adapted for an organization or a mixed professional group.
Learning Outcomes
Explain the responsibilities and evidence needed for exercise objectives and participant roles.
Evaluate management arrangements for scenario design and discussion injects.
Develop a practical working approach to facilitation observation and accessibility.
Recommend review and follow-up arrangements for debrief evaluation and action ownership.
Prepare and present a tabletop exercise plan and evaluation pack supported by clear assumptions, priorities and accountable actions.
Who Should Attend
Risk and continuity managers, security leaders, operational managers, crisis team members and senior professionals responsible for organizational resilience.
Relevant organizational or supervisory experience is recommended. Participant responsibilities, prior knowledge and learning objectives are reviewed before confirming the agenda.
Training Methodology
Instructor-led discussion, anonymized case analysis, guided drafting, group exercises, peer review and a final applied presentation.
Learning assessment combines a baseline discussion, review of practical outputs and an end-of-program action plan. The final assessment and completion requirements are agreed in the proposal.
Course Tools and Templates
Exercise objectives and participant roles worksheet — indicative workshop output.
Scenario design and discussion injects worksheet — indicative workshop output.
Facilitation observation and accessibility worksheet — indicative workshop output.
Debrief evaluation and action ownership worksheet — indicative workshop output.
Tabletop exercise plan and evaluation pack — indicative workshop output.
Delivery Requirements
Available by arrangement as classroom, live online or in-house training. Standard duration: five training days, approximately 25-30 hours. Online timing and time zone are agreed with the organization.
A laptop and standard document-editing software are recommended for drafting exercises. Cases can be completed with fictional information; confidential operational documents are not required.
This is an independent professional development program. No ICAO, IATA, ASIS or regulatory accreditation, official certification or authorization is claimed. Any regulated role-specific training must be arranged with appropriately approved providers.
Course Customization
The agenda can emphasize exercise objectives and participant roles or debrief evaluation and action ownership according to the participant roles and organizational priorities.
Dates, destination, trainer profile, fees, training language, included services and certificate wording are confirmed in a written proposal. No scheduled session or fixed price is implied by this page.
Proposed Five-Day Course Outline
Day 1 – Exercise objectives and participant roles
Establish the scope of exercise objectives and participant roles. Map responsibilities and evidence needs, and compare the current position with the desired management outcome.
Practical output: Exercise objectives and participant roles worksheet
Day 2 – Scenario design and discussion injects
Examine scenario design and discussion injects through an anonymized organizational case. Identify gaps, document assumptions and compare feasible management options.
Practical output: Scenario design and discussion injects worksheet
Day 3 – Facilitation observation and accessibility
Apply facilitation observation and accessibility in a facilitated group exercise. Develop a draft working document and use peer review to test clarity, ownership and practicality.
Practical output: Facilitation observation and accessibility worksheet
Day 4 – Debrief evaluation and action ownership
Review debrief evaluation and action ownership. Define follow-up responsibilities, useful measures and escalation arrangements, and test how the recommendations would work during a service change.
Practical output: Debrief evaluation and action ownership worksheet
Day 5 – Facilitated tabletop exercise design lab
Complete the facilitated tabletop exercise design lab. Integrate the preceding exercises into a tabletop exercise plan and evaluation pack, present the recommendations and agree a 30-60-90 day action plan.
Practical output: Tabletop exercise plan and evaluation pack
