SIMPROJET: AN INNOVATIVE SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Dominique Jaccard, Stefano Riboni

2010

Abstract

Considering the variety of formal and human skills implied in effective project management practice, and the difficulties at building proper educational programs, this paper describes the innovative concept developed by HEIG-VD, built around a web-based project management simulation platform. After motivating the need for newly built educational programs in project management, we point out the requirements for such a platform, and present our achievements, concluding with future developments opportunities and further research areas of interest.

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Jaccard D. and Riboni S. (2010). SIMPROJET: AN INNOVATIVE SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: GPERP, (CSEDU 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-024-5, pages 471-477. DOI: 10.5220/0002858004710477


in Bibtex Style

@conference{gperp10,
author={Dominique Jaccard and Stefano Riboni},
title={SIMPROJET: AN INNOVATIVE SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: GPERP, (CSEDU 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={471-477},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002858004710477},
isbn={978-989-674-024-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: GPERP, (CSEDU 2010)
TI - SIMPROJET: AN INNOVATIVE SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SN - 978-989-674-024-5
AU - Jaccard D.
AU - Riboni S.
PY - 2010
SP - 471
EP - 477
DO - 10.5220/0002858004710477