Decision-making · Gamification · Project Management

‘Using Serious Games as a Management Tool’ – Presented at the Project Challenge Conference in Manchester

Gloria J. Miller

Last week, we presented on serious games at the Project Challenge conference. The conference was held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, UK. The Project Challenge newsletter summarizes the event very well. The presentation identified three agile principles in the Agile Manifesto (agilemanifesto.org) that could benefit from using serious games in projects. It then covered… Continue reading ‘Using Serious Games as a Management Tool’ – Presented at the Project Challenge Conference in Manchester

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

agile · Project Management

Waterfall is Dead. Long Live Agile!

Gloria J. Miller1 Comment

Many companies have adopted an agile methodology for their projects. They may have adopted a specific agile methodology such as Scrum or introduced a hybrid model with some topics managed using an agile methodology or agile practices. Therefore, we can announce that pure waterfall projects are dead! While there are challenges, issues, and problems in… Continue reading Waterfall is Dead. Long Live Agile!

agile · Gamification

Innovation Games and the Agile-Budget-Problem

Gloria J. Miller1 Comment

Serious games can help manage some challenges in transitioning from traditional/waterfall projects to agile projects. For example, in a traditional project, the scope is known up-front and the project budget is fixed, so the expectation is that all product features will be delivered within that known budget. The budget and time may be fixed in… Continue reading Innovation Games and the Agile-Budget-Problem

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 · Gamification

Games Drive Behavior: Gamification and Serious Games

Gloria J. Miller

The McDonald’s Monopoly game promotion is a form of gamification. I am unsure of their formally stated goal, but it is probably to make more money. The behaviors experienced drive people who want fast food to consider McDonald’s; it gets customers to buy certain food combinations and to return to McDonald’s as often as possible.… Continue reading Games Drive Behavior: Gamification and Serious Games

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™

agile · Artificial Intelligence · Gamification · Project Management

This was maxmetrics 2022

Gloria J. Miller1 Comment

In 2022 we were managing multiple projects, published three articles on artificial intelligence (AI), and moved forward with our serious game—The Project Win Game™. Projects Our project work was very interesting, fulfilling, and challenging in 2022. We had very diverse multi-national, multi-disciplinary teams. In one project, we had a good laugh comparing United States and… Continue reading This was maxmetrics 2022