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A substantial body of literature proposes metrics that purport to predict or explain certain aspects of human or system behavior during planning and operations. But it is costly to devise and conduct experiments to test the usefulness of such metrics empirically. At present, there are no computer-based tools that integrate with existing computer-based systems to gather raw data and analyze them effectively. Experimenters need to build a custom set of tools along with designing and conducting the experiment. This is costly and time-consuming—deterring all but the most determined and well-funded researchers. In military command and control, we are particularly interested in ad hoc collaborations formed and then disbanded in days, weeks, or months—collaborations whose purpose is to answer a set of questions, formulate a plan, or analyze a problem. Increasingly, these collaborations are multicultural and multi-organizational in nature: the participants are from different countries with different traditions and educational and value systems. We have designed and implemented a Measurement and Monitoring System (MMS) to support empirical studies of any system in which it makes sense to gather, calculate, store, and visualize summary information (abstracte