Team and Collective Training Needs Analysis

Dr John Huddlestone is a Senior Research Fellow in the Human Systems Integration Group within the Engineering and Computing Faculty at Coventry University in England. His research interests include team training, training needs analysis, training methods and media and aviation human factors. Current research projects include the human factors of future flight deck technologies and single pilot operations, and the team and collective training implications of future maritime unmanned systems concepts. His research has also included the specification and evaluation of multiplayer simulation systems and the evaluation of novel training media. Before joining academia, he was a Royal Air Force Officer. Working in the training specialisation, he was responsible for the analysis, design and delivery of a wide variety of training solutions in the aviation and engineering domains. He was a member of the Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre team that was awarded the Ergonomics Society President’s Medal for their outstanding contribution to Human Factors research. He holds a PhD in applied psychology from Cranfield University, a Master’s degree in Computing Science from Imperial College, London and Batchelor’s Degree in Education from Nottingham Trent University. Jonathan Pike is a freelance training specialist currently living in Perth, Western Australia. Between 2005 and 2014, while working in the Human Factors Department of Cranfield University and the Human Systems Integration Group of Coventry University, he conducted research for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory under the auspices of the Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre and Defence Human Capability Science and Technology Centre. He was a member of the Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre team that was awarded the Ergonomics Society President’s Medal for their outstanding contribution to Human Factors research. A visiting researcher at Coventry Uni

• Contents: Foreword; Preface. Part 1: Introduction; Individual tasks; Team tasks; Team task analysis; The training environment; The training overlay. Part 2: TCTNA overview; TCTNA project initiation; Team/collective task analysis; Constraints, assumptions risks, and opportunities analysis; Training environment analysis; Training overlay analysis; Training options analysis; Appendices; Index.

’In an age where organisations now have to justify spending on complex training and exercising for teams and collective capabilities, this book is long overdue. It provides processes on the elements of team and collective training analysis, gives a toolkit for those involved with the acquisition of related training systems and, more importantly, is an essential guide for those who want to make their training better.’ Commander Paul Pine, Royal Navy (Maritime Training Acquisition Organization) ’This is an exceptionally comprehensive look at team and collective training. It provides a rare insight into the methodology of training needs analysis and how it can address the complexities beyond the individual level. The author’s credentials are apparent and amply demonstrated in the worked examples and case studies. This is a definitive guide not just to those responsible for training and operational delivery but also those involved in R&D or procurement.’ Lt Col (Retd) Guy Wallis, Principal Analyst, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory