3. Learning Resources
3.1 Project Management Simulation
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Students can play the Simulation once an instructor gives them a Group number to join. Instructors can use the Play As Student feature to play as a student — but you must first create a Group to play.
3.2 Instructor Guide and Website
This document you are reading now and an Instructor Dashboard (website) for monitoring student progress and performance.
3.3 User Guide
A guide for students that can be accessed from the Dashboard — User Guide
3.4 Demo & Tutorial Video
Video to watch before playing the Simulation — available in the User Guide
3.5 Book & Glossary
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Project Management Superhero Book includes the video scripts contained within the Project Management Simulation. And a full glossary of terms. The book can be used as a learning resource on its own or as a reference when playing the Simulation.
The book is available in the User Guide
3.6 Student Experience Report
Student Experience Report
After students complete one or more Project Scenarios, instructors can pose some or all of the questions below and have students reply with answers presented in a slide deck, written document, discussion forum, or video or live presentation. Be sure to include a maximum limit per answer. Example — 1000 characters or 200 words.
Questions
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- Identify the roles and responsibilities of a Project Manager.
- Explain why and how a Project Manager should update the Project Owner.
- If a Project Manager does not have direct experience with a project, describe how to work with subject matter experts to gather the necessary information.
- Identify the key details to obtain from a subject matter expert about a task.
- Identify the three key metrics used to evaluate a task assignee and explain why each is important.
- Explain what reputation means when evaluating an assignee.
- Explain why you may or may not have selected the highest-rated assignees.
- Explain how you determined which tasks to assign to higher-rated assignees and which tasks to assign to lower-rated assignees.
- Identify an unexpected event that delayed a task and explain what you did about it and why.
- Identify an unexpected event that caused a task to go over budget and explain what you did about it and why.
- Explain whether your project management focused more on meeting deadlines, staying within budget, or equally on both.
- Explain the benefits of using a Gantt Chart for project management.
- Explain the benefits of using a Kanban Chart for project management.
- Explain how pleased you were with your performance as a project manager and anything you learned that helped you improve your performance.
- Identify what you might do differently next time you manage a project.
- Identify which aspect of project management took up most of your time.
- Explain the aspect of project management that you found most difficult and why. Identify what could have made this easier.
- Describe what you like most and least about being a project manager.