DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES IN IT PROJECT ESTIMATION: A SIMULATION-BASED TRAINING USING LEGO®

Auteurs

  • Simon Bourdeau ESG-UQAM
  • Marie-Claude Petit ESG-UQAM
  • Sylvain Goyette ESG-UQAM

Mots-clés :

IT project management, estimation, experience-based learning, simulation, LEGO®

Résumé

Des estimations précises des fonctionnalités et du calendrier de projet en technologie de l’information (TI) sont essentielles. Par contre, l’établissement d’estimations précises est ardu puisqu’il arrive que les estimateurs manquent de données historiques, d’expérience, de méthodologies, de connaissances ou de compétences pour estimer. Dans un tel contexte, les étudiants inscrits aux cours en TI et en gestion de projets doivent être sensibilisés aux défis, aux difficultés et aux éléments clés de l’estimation, c’est-à-dire avoir une information riche et de qualité ainsi que de l’expertise et l’expérience appropriées. Afin de soutenir l’acquisition de compétences en estimation, nous avons combiné les avantages de la formation par simulation avec ceux des briques LEGO® pour développer et tester une simulation en estimation de projets. Nous expliquons pourquoi les briques LEGO® ont été utilisées et présentons une description des modalités de la simulation. Les observations et les données recueillies lors de quatre trimestres, auprès de 123 étudiants inscrits au cours « Gestion de projet TI » dans une université nord-américaine, sont présentées. Les résultats montrent que les étudiants ont vécu une expérience d’apprentissage positive et enrichissante. En termes de validité pédagogique, la simulation fournit une représentation réaliste du monde des affaires dans lequel les étudiants peuvent développer leurs compétences en estimation en apprenant par la pratique.

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Publiée

2020-07-18

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Bourdeau, S., Petit, M.-C., & Goyette, S. (2020). DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES IN IT PROJECT ESTIMATION: A SIMULATION-BASED TRAINING USING LEGO®. Systèmes d’Information Et Management (French Journal of Management Information Systems), 25(2), 73–106. Consulté à l’adresse https://revuesim.org/index.php/sim/article/view/1016

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