Learn How to Design a Tabletop Exercise
Step 2: Select the participants
TTX participants can include:
- Facilitator
- • Understands the plans and policies being evaluated
- • Coordinates development and implementation of the exercise
- • Prepares and distributes TTX documents
- • Guides exercise play
- • Coordinates exercise hot wash
- • Prepares TTX AAR and IP
- Evaluator(s)
- • Documents the discussions of players; they do not interfere with the flow of the exercise
- • Helps with exercise logistics (e.g., sign-in) as required
- Players
- • Participate as the main actors in the TTX, and should include all utility personnel and response partner agencies identified in the ERP as having a support role in the scenario
- • Discuss roles and responsibilities and outline response actions to the scenario
- Observers (if any)
- • Monitor player response actions to the scenario, but do not participate or control TTX functions
- • View all or just selected portions of the TTX