Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management

Risks are part of every project and no amount of planning can anticipate every contingency. Risk management, a major component in any project management education program, is the systematic identification, monitoring and mitigation of risks so that projects have the best chance of success. Risk mana...

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Main Authors: Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia), Caulfield, C., Baccarini, David, Yeo, S.
Other Authors: Murdoch University
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Murdoch University 2012
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Online Access:http://otl.curtin.edu.au/professional_development/conferences/tlf/tlf2012/refereed/xia.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8519
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Caulfield, C.
Baccarini, David
Yeo, S.
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description Risks are part of every project and no amount of planning can anticipate every contingency. Risk management, a major component in any project management education program, is the systematic identification, monitoring and mitigation of risks so that projects have the best chance of success. Risk management education has traditionally been taught in a classroom setting, but this method can be expensive, slow and rigid. Business games—interactive learning environments in which players explore all the components of a complex situation—are a simple and efficacious alternative.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-85192017-01-30T11:07:10Z Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia) Caulfield, C. Baccarini, David Yeo, S. Murdoch University Simsoft project risk management game Risks are part of every project and no amount of planning can anticipate every contingency. Risk management, a major component in any project management education program, is the systematic identification, monitoring and mitigation of risks so that projects have the best chance of success. Risk management education has traditionally been taught in a classroom setting, but this method can be expensive, slow and rigid. Business games—interactive learning environments in which players explore all the components of a complex situation—are a simple and efficacious alternative. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8519 http://otl.curtin.edu.au/professional_development/conferences/tlf/tlf2012/refereed/xia.pdf Murdoch University restricted
spellingShingle Simsoft
project risk management
game
Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia)
Caulfield, C.
Baccarini, David
Yeo, S.
Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management
title Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management
title_full Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management
title_fullStr Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management
title_full_unstemmed Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management
title_short Simsoft: A game for teaching project risk management
title_sort simsoft: a game for teaching project risk management
topic Simsoft
project risk management
game
url http://otl.curtin.edu.au/professional_development/conferences/tlf/tlf2012/refereed/xia.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8519