Web Version of the Sim Group Papers as of 2021
The Sim Group Papers are a series of essays written by Dennis Busse from 1999 to 2004. Busse was subsequently awarded the 2005 Simming Prize for Literature for his work.
The Sim Group Papers started off as a single original "thesis" written by Busse in the aftermath of his original departure from Allied Electronic Simulations (AES) in 1998. That document examines common organizational structures within sim groups and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses. It also postulates a growth cycle common to all groups that puts the various splits/mergers and group failures on the Internet during the golden age of sim groups into perspective. Additional papers and supplemental material were added between 1999 and 2004 that expand on earlier concepts, provide behind-the-scenes operational data that formed the basis for those ideas, and looks at other ways in which sim groups could operate while minimizing negative impacts of their growth.
Originally posted at the author's AOL site, the Sim Group Papers can now be found on the author's personal website.