How many times did you run through this simulation? What did you learn each time? What were some of the biggest challenges?

• What's different about the project context in this scenario from the last one?
 
• What strategies did you use to deal with this scenario? What worked? What didn't? Were you able to complete the project successfully?
 
• Having dealt now with different project scenarios, would you revise your project management approach? If so, how?

Management Strategy

• What strategies did you attempt in managing your project? What worked? What didn't?
• What sort of unexpected events interceded to require mid-project adjustments? What trade-offs did you have to make and at what cost?

"People factors" in managing projects

• How are stress levels and team morale impacted by deadlines?
• How does stress and morale impact team productivity or the quality of a project?
• How does changing team membership influence team productivity?
• How does communicating with outsourcing vendors impact team productivity?

Managing Risk and Uncertainty

• What measures did you take to better adjust to the high risk and uncertainty of this scenario?

Tensions Between Top Down versus Bottom UpObjectives:

• A fundamental tension inherent in managing projects arises from how project objectives are set from the beginning: either from the top down when executives dictate what a project should accomplish, or from the bottom up when project team members formulate project objectives based on their understanding of the amount of work required to achieve target outcomes. Tensions arise when the top-down objectives don't mesh with what the project team considers realistic. Is this tension present within this scenario? Explain.

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