MIT Sloan Project Management Simulator

Simulation Overview

Learners play the role of project manager for a large, complex project. Players make decisions about the project schedule, staffing, concurrency of project phases, and how to handle late scope changes. Learners can manage a construction project, a new consumer electronic hardware product, and/or a new software system. The MIT Sloan Project Management Simulator can also be customized to represent other projects.

Can learners delight their customers with essential features while bringing their projects in on time, under budget, and with high quality?

This is a single-player simulation that can be played either in a workshop or asynchronously as an assigned activity.

Time Requirement

• Introduction - 15 to 30 minutes
• Game Play - 45 to 75 minutes
• Debrief - 30 to 60 minutes

Learning Focus

• Understand the relationship between project schedule, staffing, and scope.
• Learn how to formulate strategies to minimize errors and rework as a project manager.
• Learn to optimize project team performance.
• Apply concurrent engineering.

Topics Covered

• Project Management
• Strategy
• Leadership

See it in Action

Each simulation comes with a Teaching Guidebook for the facilitator along with 1:1 facilitator training and free trials.

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This simulation is by John Sterman, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Forio