Resumen
The article analyzes the potential and challenges in Distributed Mission Training (DMT) concept that provides a powerful framework to develop integrated virtual, constructive and real-time team training platforms, especially, focusing on the on-going research in the U.S. Air Force. The objective of DMT is to concurrently train people in team efforts involving coordination, communication and decision making and teams may not necessarily be co-located and could be engaged in independent as well as coordinated tasks at remote sites. Some of the critical questions, in this regard, are how and when DMT should be used as part of a formal training program involving a multitude of team skills and equipment, what are the technological design options and how should DMT systems be configured. The article states that answers to these questions in the form of an analysis of a real-world DMT implementation, practical experience with DMT and performance assessments from controlled team training studies.