Evaluating the learning effectiveness of using simulations in software project management education: Results from a twice replicated experiment

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-147

  Pfahl, Dietmar ^a   Laitenberger, Oliver ^b   Ruhe, Günther ^c   Dorsch, Jörg ^d   Krivobokova, Tatyana ^e  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^b Droege and Comp GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ACCENTURE   (United States)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

COCOMO; Learning effectiveness; Replicated experiment; Software project management education; System dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PROCESS SIMULATION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS (SD) SIMULATION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0346973020     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(03)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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