SCENARIOS to develop skills
INTRODUCTORY SCENARIOS
Access our realistic analytical scenarios so you can prepare for the real thing. Work through in your own time following our guides, without specialist software.
Intro to analytic problems
Learn the basics of approaching analytical problems by working through information about a fictional set of burglaries. Gain understanding and apply basic techniques.
Three to six hours expected duration. Digital Download.
Currently in testing.
basic data cleaning and integration
Learn how data must be shaped, cleaned and combined before it can be used to produce insights. Learn how this process works first-hand by working with messy and unreliable data about robberies, information from the community, and social-media activity.
Three to six hours expected duration. Digital Download.
Available for development on request.
Exploratory Data Analysis
Learn how To turn complex data into useful information by using a selection of approaches against fictional transactional data.
Six to twelve hours expected duration. Digital Download.
Available for development on request.
Analytical Pitfalls
Learn how to avoid mistakes by seeing where analysts often go wrong while analysing fictional data about alleged supply of illicit Drugs in a small community.
Three to six hours expected duration. Digital Download.
Available for development on request.
Produce a Briefing
Learn to produce a useful and effective briefing by examining a good and bad example, and then preparing your own based on the provided analysis about a location of interest.
Three to six hours expected duration. Digital Download.
Available for development on request.
INTERMEDIATE SCENARIOS
Continue to build your skills with more detailed and complex scenarios. Utilise new resources and tools to add depth to the information you have.
Web Collection Tools
Learn readily available web collection tools like WHOIS, reverse image searches, EXIF data, and advanced search queries while digging into a series of mainstream websites, Then produce offline copies for further analysis.
Available for development on request.
NETWORK ANALYSIS WITH GEPHI
Learn the basics of network analysis, using free and open source software to find patterns in structured data about a fictional criminal group.
Available for development on request.
Put it all together
Combine all your learning to take low quality data from multiple sources, make sense of it, and create a high quality and concise briefing.
Available for development on request.
Mapping and location Analysis
learn the benefits of geographic analysis by creating quick point maps, identifying locations from photos, and explore the potential of open-source software to visualise and analyse geographic data. examine case studies in geo-location from online content.
Available for development on request.
GROUP SCENARIOS
Grow the skills of your team with a group scenario. We can provide content and deliver the scenario to test how your team works together as one.
NATIONAL SECURITY INCIDENT
Your team will be exposed to a simulated national security incident. They will receive a significant volume of information of varying reliability. They must make sense of events rapidly and accurately, deal with constant disruptions and requests, and maintain good collaboration and communication.
Full day duration. Pricing on request.
NATURAL DISASTER
Your team will be exposed to a simulated national disaster. They will receive information quickly and be called on to provide timely and accurate accounts of the situation, as well as guide decision makers to the right choices.
Full day duration. Pricing on request.
Custom Scenarios
We can produce scenarios tailored to your work, or the skills you want to develop, on request.
Our pricing varies depending on the size, complexity, and usage of the scenario.