Author: Victoria Vaca

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science

Panel Discussion About Artificial Intelligence at the 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems FedCSIS 2023

Victoria Vaca

Gloria Miller is one of the track Chairs of the Information Technology for Business and Society (ITBS’23) Committee and will also be part of the panel discussion at the 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems FedCSIS 2023. It will be a constructive panel about Artificial Intelligence (AI) stating that AI doesn’t bite. Gloria will… Continue reading Panel Discussion About Artificial Intelligence at the 18th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems FedCSIS 2023

agile · Gamification · Project Management

Talking About Using Serious Games as a Management Tool Manchester, October 2023

Victoria Vaca

We are thrilled to announce that Gloria Miller will be a speaker at Project Challenge Manchester 2023 where she will be presenting ‘Using Serious Games as a Management Tool in Transitioning to Agile Practices’. Gloria will talk about how serious games can help manage challenges transitioning from traditional/waterfall projects to agile projects. She will present… Continue reading Talking About Using Serious Games as a Management Tool Manchester, October 2023

agile · Knowledge Management · Project Management

Five Recommendations for Knowledge Sharing in Projects

Victoria Vaca

We wrote about motivating people to share knowledge a few years ago. We want to revisit that topic in light of the pandemic and expand on how agile methodologies impact knowledge sharing. First, consider this process a public library: knowledge management (KM) puts the books together and decides how to organize them on the shelves.… Continue reading Five Recommendations for Knowledge Sharing in Projects

Artificial Intelligence · Decision-making · Gamification · Project Management

Project Management ‘Stammtisch’ – Starting in June 2023

Victoria Vaca

We would like to invite you to a discussion forum called Project Management Stammtisch about PM hot topics. Since Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic, and we have experience with AI in project management, we decided to include different aspects of AI as one of the main themes. In 2022, maxmetrics published several research articles**… Continue reading Project Management ‘Stammtisch’ – Starting in June 2023

Decision-making · Project Management

Launching New Website for The Project Win Game™

Victoria Vaca

We have created a serious game for project management simulation called The Project Win Game™, which we have produced in limited edition. We have been promoting the game on this blog as well as at the European Conference on Games Based Learning. We are now very happy to announce that we are launching a new… Continue reading Launching New Website for The Project Win Game™

Decision-making · Gamification · Project Management

Our Experience Presenting The Project Win Game™ at the European Conference on Games Based Learning in Lisbon, Portugal

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We were searching for the appropriate forum to promote our game The Project Win Game™. We found a conference we never heard of: the European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL). It was an academic conference, so we weren’t sure whether it made sense to attend or let alone present our game. Still, applied and… Continue reading Our Experience Presenting The Project Win Game™ at the European Conference on Games Based Learning in Lisbon, Portugal

Professonal Services · Project Management

Practical Ways to Motivate Your Team During Remote Work

Victoria Vaca

The pandemic has shaken everything, and remote work became the new norm for many workers worldwide. The transition from present to virtual teams was relatively quick but often not well prepared. We have now been working remotely long enough to observe that virtual teams can also become demotivated. We may not notice the social and emotional… Continue reading Practical Ways to Motivate Your Team During Remote Work

agile · Decision-making · Project Management

The Project Win Game™ — Simulating Project Management Decision-Making

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We noticed people faced a challenge understanding and deciding between agile and traditional/waterfall methodologies on managing projects. Therefore, we created a game to simulate the lived experience of making this decision: The Project Win Game ™. After creating and testing it throughout 2020-2021 we have now a very nice prototype of the game. We are… Continue reading The Project Win Game™ — Simulating Project Management Decision-Making

algorithm · Artificial Intelligence · big data

Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning the same thing?

Victoria Vaca

“Are artificial intelligence and machine learning the same thing?” is one of the most popular search request on Google. So I created this egg as an overview to understand it myself. The goal of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to create an intelligent computing system to solve complex problems by learning from data. AI does not… Continue reading Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning the same thing?