CrimeSim

This project aims at developing a simulation game for the course “Investigation of the Crime Scene” at the University of Lausanne. This project is funded by the Fund for Pedagogical Innovation (FIP). The first version of the simulation should be operational at end of 2012.

WEGAS

This project focuses on the development of a Web Game Authoring System (WEGAS). WEGAS should improve effectiveness in simulation game development. People with no background in software development will also be able to create their own simulation game.

WEGAS main features will be:

• Creation of new games and simulations
• Customization of existing games and simulations
• Customization of existing scenarios

Serious games and reflexive learning in large classes

This research project is conducted in collaboration with HEC Lausanne. Its objectives are to define technical and functional guidelines for serious game designers in general, and for the use of serious games in the context of large courses on project management (more than 100 students) in particular.

We have already conceived a framework to assess the influence of different serious games components over students’ perceived acquired competency. Such frameworks will allow for the development of a software module that fosters reflective learning as well as helps to produce new theoretical knowledge on serious games design.

Non-profit organizations

The focus of this project is on the design of a scenario in the field of non-profit organizations. The scenario will be based on the"Logical Framework Approach" and used as an element of the executive education in management of non-profit organizations at the University of Geneva.

Project Management in the pharmaceutical industry

In collaboration with Merk Serono, conception of a project management gaming scenario specifically for the pharmaceutical industry and with a focus on the project's planning phase. The scenario is based on actual data and is used at the SC Academy of Merk Serono.
 

"AlbaSim Project Management Simulation has been a key contribution to the success of SC Academy. A specific simulation scenario has been developed for one of our case study, making it more challenging, interactive and pedagogical. The simulation has been used by different groups during the training session and we were quite impressed by the results of groupwork, as well as the originality of groups proposals and presentations."

Christian BOREL
S&OP Process Director

Health and Public Sector Project management

A project management scenario that integrates specificities of the public sector was designed in close collaboration with the CEP (Centre d’éducation permanente de la fonction publique) and the hospital CHUV Lausanne (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois).

Logistics Project management

This project management scenario in the field of logistics was developed for a specific projet management module at Executive Master program in "Global Supply Chain Management" at the EPFL.