NDLI: Designing game scenarios for software project management education and assessment

Content Provider	IET Digital Library
Author	Calderón, Alejandro Ruiz, Mercedes Connor, Rory V. O'
Abstract	In recent years, an increasing interest has been observed in the development and use of simulations, serious games (SGs) and gamification strategies to teach software project management (SPM) in a highly practical way. The current SGs for SPM have a quite specific scope, are not able to provide and dynamically change game scenarios during the life of the SG and do not allow teachers to assess students' new skills automatically. These weaknesses led to the development of ProDec, a simulation-based SG that is able to incorporate SPM real-life practice. In this study, the authors discuss the use of SGs in SPM education before they describe ProDecAdmin, the game scenario design tool for ProDec. ProDecAdmin provides teachers with an environment for designing the game scenarios for ProDec. Additionally, it helps teachers establish the assessment criteria to automate the students' assessment during the game plays. These functionalities allow ProDec to offer students any game scenario that teachers design and to assess their performance in them. Hence, the tool ProDecAdmin helps the SG ProDec to overcome the lack of flexibility and automatic assessment identified in the current SGs for SPM. This study also outlines the results of the usability evaluation conducted.
Starting Page	144
Ending Page	151
Page Count	8
ISSN	17518806
Volume Number	13
e-ISSN	17518814
Issue Number	Issue 2, Apr (2019)
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/iet-sen/13/2
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-sen.2018.5081
Journal	IET Software
Publisher Date	2018-06-15
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Subject Keyword	Assessment Criteria Automatic Assessment Computer Games Computer Science Education Computing Education And Training Game Scenario Design Tool Gamification Strategy Increasing Interest ProDecAdmin Tool Programming Support Project Management Real-life Practice Serious Game (computing) SG ProDec Simulation-based SG Software Development Management Software Management Software Project Management Assessment Software Project Management Education Software Project Management Teaching Software Tool Specific Scope SPM Education Students Teachers Design Teaching Usability Evaluation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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