A Review of the Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork Methodology

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Version 2/ 31 October 2005
Related methods
During the data collection phase, a number of different techniques may be used, such as
observational analysis, interviews and talk-through type analysis. It is also useful to
conduct a HTA of the task under analysis prior to constructing the CUD. The CUD
technique has also recently been integrated with a number of other techniques (HTA,
observation, co-ordination demands analysis, social network analysis, operator sequence
diagrams and propositional networks) to form the event analysis of systemic teamwork
(EAST) methodology, which has been used to analyse C4i activity.
Flowchart
START
Define the task or scenario
under analysis
Use observation and
interviews to collect
specific task data
Transcribe the raw data
into report form
Construct comms usage
diagram
Calculate comms and
technology frequency
figures
STOP
Approximate training and application times
The training time associated with CUD is very low, assuming that the practitioner was
already proficient in data collection techniques such as interviews and observational
analysis. In a recent training programme for the EAST methodology, the CUD training
session lasted under 1 hour. The application time associated with the CUD technique is
also typically low to medium, depending upon task size and complexity. In the analyse of
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