Bringing Real-life Practice in Software Project Management Training Through a Simulation-based Serious Game

Alejandro Calderón, Mercedes Ruiz

2014

Abstract

Nowadays, we can observe a lack of tools that allow teaching and assessing in Software Project Management in a more real-life way. In this paper, we discuss the need of developing tools to teach in the scope of Software Project Management, and how we can achieve that learners test their knowledge and cover the needed educational objectives, in a risk-free environment through a serious game. Hence, we propose ProDec, a simulation-based serious game to teach and assess in software project management. This tool is an attempt to surpass the limitations found in similar proposals. The paper also maps the stages of the game lifecycle to the levels of Bloom’s taxonomy to show how the game helps to achieve different levels of educational objectives.

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Calderón A. and Ruiz M. (2014). Bringing Real-life Practice in Software Project Management Training Through a Simulation-based Serious Game . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-021-5, pages 117-124. DOI: 10.5220/0004831101170124


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@conference{csedu14,
author={Alejandro Calderón and Mercedes Ruiz},
title={Bringing Real-life Practice in Software Project Management Training Through a Simulation-based Serious Game},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={117-124},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004831101170124},
isbn={978-989-758-021-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Bringing Real-life Practice in Software Project Management Training Through a Simulation-based Serious Game
SN - 978-989-758-021-5
AU - Calderón A.
AU - Ruiz M.
PY - 2014
SP - 117
EP - 124
DO - 10.5220/0004831101170124