Abstract: A method for identifying deficiencies in a new or improved designed process comprising the steps of collecting implementation data pertaining to agents, resources, environment and strategy associated with the designed process, identifying a historical event to serve as a context for evaluating the designed process, compiling historical event data for the historical event, including information pertaining to agents, resources, environment, strategy and outcomes associated with the historical event, defining a model space for a simulation based on the implementation data and the historical event data, defining a performance requirement for the simulation, and conducting the simulation within the model space. The model space definition comprises a plurality of roles each having a predefined character set. During the simulation, human role players perform acts and carry out steps or functions in accordance with the predefined character sets.