1 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Rapid Simulation Development Excel Adobe Flash Excel Effective Solutions Across Multiple Environments AICC Meetings January 30, 2008
2 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved The strongest and most effective way to learn from experience, besides life itself, is to use a well-designed imitation of reality. Rehearse future success through world- class business simulations. Fail forward.
3 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Session Objectives This session will help you to: –Describe the “when” and “why” of Complex Branching Immersive Learning Simulations for creating Engaged Learners –“Wheels in Motion” - Going from Excel to Flash in mapping out complex decision trees - Walking the Timeline –Flash Excel Simulation as an Imitation of REALITY – embedding real-life tools within the simulation –Sim as a methodology for capturing and deploying Tacit Knowledge
4 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Why Simulation?
5 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved What is a Humentum Simulation? Humentum Simulations: Base story line and decisions on desired experience / performance objectives Use branching to guide story line events Provide immediate decision feedback through story line events Provide detailed decision feedback, both evaluative and variable-based Employ multiple decision types Provide Experiences: Learning-by-doing/Experiential learning Experience how decisions impact the broader team and organization in a risk- free environment “What if” scenarios foster and develop analytical skills and Problem Solving techniques Demonstrates impact of decisions in a compressed timeframe A context for participants to share experiences / learn with colleagues Using the power of storytelling to provide an immersive, experiential exercise
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7 Simulations In Five Steps 1.Design Scorecard: Goals and Boundaries 2.Establish Storyline/Events: Challenges 3.Create Cast & Background: Context 4.Enable Triggering: Consequences 5.Apply Scoring: Outcomes
8 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved #4: Enabling Triggering - ”Walking down the Timeline”... maintain Choice Option action => reaction dependency in convenient familiar editing enviroment...
9 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Platform Architecture Access Database Excel Templates Media Assets Flash Executable -JPG -MP3 -MPG -SWF
10 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Platform Architecture Access Database Excel Templates Flash Executable Proof Flow Score Media Draft
11 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Platform Architecture Excel Templates Proof Flow Score Media Draft Initial pass – optimal path / stream of consciousness Text from coded simulation – distribute for editing Matrix of decisions and events – determine triggering Choices with point values – map to scorecard items Graphics, audio, video, animation – identify by filename
12 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Live Data Integration External Live Data: Excel Worksheets Real-time Dashboard Quantitative Analysis Event Triggering
13 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Live Data Integration External Live Data: Excel Worksheets Real-time Dashboard Quantitative Analysis Event Triggering
14 © 2008 by Humentum Corporation – All rights reserved Contact: Ken Spero (215) Visit: To learn more about our sim approach, For More Information