Teamwork is paramount in most modern-day career fields. It is important for Human Factors students and professionals to understand the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) requisite for excellent teamwork and to grasp the many hurdles that exist in appropriately measuring its major constructs. Although theories can be imparted didactically, and ideas for measurement discussed, conducting team-based research continues to be extremely difficult, in particular for measuring team behaviors. This paper discusses a potential remedy to this issue through the team-based game “Pandemic©.” For this game, players work together on teams of 2-4 individuals with the goal of curing a set of 4 diseases that are eradicating humanity. Pandemic forces individuals to be resourceful and work together - and exemplifies many of the behavioral, attitudinal and cognitive components of teamwork. This paper discusses: a) the KSAs, team processes, and measurable outcomes that can be studied through Pandemic, b) aspects of the environment in Pandemic that can be manipulated, and c) an example of a study currently underway using Pandemic.

Findings from NEEMO 20 provide direction on the design and testing process for future space systems and crews to maximize adaptation. This experience also underscored the need for more research on team adaptation, particularly how input and process factors affect adaption outcomes, the team adaptation iterative process, and new ways to measure the adaptation process.

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Marksmanship is a core competency every U.S. Army Soldier must attain in order to achieve combat readiness (James & Dyer, 2011). To enhance overall marksmanship proficiency, the current research aims to develop a model to predict Soldier marksmanship qualification scores based on individual differences. The results of the current study found several psychomotor, cognitive, and affective variables predicted marksmanship qualification scores. These findings bring research a step closer to identifying skill deficiencies and individual needs prior to training. More research is needed to maximize understanding and improvement of marksmanship performance and to improve overall combat readiness.

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