Project Management Simulation

Project Management Simulation Overview

In this Harvard project management single-player asynchronous simulation, the participants learn how to successfully complete a project initiative, while managing cost, time, and realistic challenges often faced by project managers in a highly competitive industry.

Time Requirement

• Introduction - 10 minutes
• Game Play - 60-90 minutes
• Debrief - 45 minutes to 1 hour

The Story

As the project manager at Delphi Printers and Peripherals, each of the participants is tasked with managing a product design team to develop a new and innovative consumer printer. The learners of the project management simulation must staff the project team, manage team process, and execute a project plan. Then, the participants analyze information on team size, task completion, cost, team productivity, schedule, and team morale. Unanticipated events and challenges threaten the success of the project and force learners to consider possible tradeoffs among project resources in order to bring the new product to market on time, on budget, and ahead of the competition.

Learning Focus

• Understand the relationship between project scope, resources, and schedule
• Experiment with how team skill level, team morale, deadlines, and work quality are related both to each other and to project management decisions
• Determine realistic project objectives in the face of uncertainty

Topics Covered

• Project Management
• Leadership
• Team Building

See it in Action

This simulation is WCAG Compliant for the participants.

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 Robert D. Austin, Harvard Business School Publishing, and Forio