Design Interactive, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N161-060

Description

The Rapid Evaluation of Adaptability in Decision Making (READ-M) tool is a scenario-based software tool that will objectively assess cognitive flexibility, change detection, and anomaly detection. READ-M will assess decision making adaptability for up to a company of Marines within 30 minutes by automatically collecting performance metrics. By leveraging a tablet-based, interactive 2D scenario authoring tool developed for the Army combined with validated SJT methodology and content, scenarios can be rapidly authored and modified based on SME feedback during the development and validation phase, and the TDG-like interface provides Marines with a familiar platform to enable rapid assessment. READ-M will present a running narrative of tactically relevant scenarios which provides users an opportunity to (a) identify changes and anomalies and their significance, (b) flexibly apply their knowledge of Mission, Enemy, Troops, Terrain & WeatherTime, Civilian (METT-TC) analysis and follow commanders intent by adapting their decision outcomes (i.e., ratings of courses of action) as environmental and situational variables change. It will then compare the users performance to performance profiles based on every level of the Maneuver Squad Leader Mastery Model to determine the appropriate level of proficiency from the Mastery Model and report it to the MCTIMS system.