Full paper Towards Next Generation Project Management Simulation

This position paper describes the current climate of IT project management simulation and aims to paint the way forward for the next generation of simulators. By examining the successes and limitations of pioneering work in the field, a vision for the future of IT project management simulation is developed. This vision comprises of a set of features that cover simulation, teaching, and assessment aspects of IT project management. To coincide with the feature set, the expected challenges related to developing a corresponding project management simulator are also outlined and considered. Given the power of current development technologies, the creation of a project management simulator that meets the rich feature set and overcomes the identified challenges is deemed both a feasible and useful project. This would provide an improved interactive educational tool for IT project management students and teachers