Overview

At the beginning of the simulation an overall project management strategy is chosen. The performance based on this chosen objective and the other 4 management objectives is assessed throughout the simulation and used to calculate a final management score.

Phase 1 concerns selecting appropriate contractors; Phase 2 deals with the decisions faced by the project manager during the life cycle of the project; Phase 3 (debriefing) collects the experiences and reflections of the participants.

Strategies can be selected or allocated to emphasise a specific angle e.g. safety, quality, time, cost, morale or balance. Strategies help to provide focus, and different strategies encourage different experiences of the simulation. All decisions made impact the 5 objectives being assessed. The five strategies are:

Quality:	It is generally known that high quality construction for plants with a long expected lifetime like this one pays off well in the end.
Safety:	The project is safety-critical, both in construction and looking ahead to operation; you must maintain the highest possible standards of safety.
Morale:	This is one of several plants to be constructed and the company is anxious to maintain a good atmosphere where possible, in order to foster long term contractor relationships.
Time:	It is known that the deadline of 94 weeks is particularly critical since customer orders are already committed for that time.
Cost:	The budget is substantial but it is not negotiable and overruns will be taken into account at your next appraisal.

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