Facilities
required...

What's needed to run the simulation exercise?
The Protean Strategist can be played by either four, five or six management teams in direct competition with each other. The competing companies will require headquarters space, computer systems and other office supplies. Let's look at the details:

Headquarters

• Each of the four, five or six simulation teams should have a break-out room capable of accommodating a conference table for 5 or 6 people, along with a desk for a computer, monitor and printer.
• A separate simulation administration room should be set up with one computer and two fast printers.

The break-out rooms and administration room should be close to each other, and must be available for computer set-up the day preceding the start of the simulation.

Computer systems

• Each breakout room should have a PC or laptop equipped with a hard disk, USB ports, 17" monitor (15" laptop screen is okay), and a mouse. The computers should have Windows XP installed along with MS Office.
• The simulation administration room should have one PC or laptop with the same specifications as above. In addition, there should be two fast laser printers in this room (equivalent of 35ppm printing speed or better).

All computer equipment must be installed the day preceding the start of the simulation.

Classroom equipment

• standard computer LCD projector

Office supplies

• 1-2 10-ream boxes of laser/copy paper
• extra toner cartridges for the laser printers
• flip chart and markers for each break-out room