After experiencing The Project Value Game®, participants new to project management will have a deeper appreciation for project fundamentals like planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling, and managing cost. Regardless of their experience level, all participants will benefit from getting a bird’s-eye view of how the all of the pieces fit together, and will learn more about managing several frequently neglected areas: value, scope, risk, and quality.
 
Value

In the rush to complete projects "on-time and on-budget," project teams often lose sight of the project’s intended business value. The Project Value Game® helps participants make the connection between project decision-making and the impact on overall product value. The mindset changes from "we’ll deliver what you said within the given constraints" to "how can we deliver as much value as possible with this project."

Scope

Learning on projects is inevitable. It is not a matter of "if," just when. Unfortunately, most learning on projects occurs so late that project teams are presented with difficult no-win situations. Participants learn how to accelerate the discovery of scope through early, frequent, and tangible, interaction with users.

Late Scope change often leads to "no-win situations"
  
Quality

 

Like risk mitigation decisions, the consequences of not paying enough attention to the quality management are not witnessed immediately. Consequently, when schedules and budgets are tight, team alignment and quality assurance tasks are usually the first to be cut. The Project Value Game® helps participants see the ripple effects of poor quality assurance over time, generating a desire for the prevention and early removal of errors.

Risk

Nowhere is it easier to blame "bad luck" than for consequences that come from poor risk mitigation and identification. Time delays cloud the cause and effect relationship between risk management and its consequences, making the consequences from poor risk management appear to be "random" to team members. The Project Value Game® helps participants see past the "bad luck" and focus on actions within their control to eliminate or mitigate disastrous risks.

 

For more on the underlying dynamics of the game:

Getting Work Done  |  Consequences of Poor Risk Management  

Balancing Project and Other Organizational Needs

Quality, Errors, and Rework  |  Scope Evolution   

Dependencies and Concurrent Management  |  Overall Project Value


Integrated Overview of Dynamics

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