PMI Continuing Education Product Of The Year

October 2012

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A Few Words from a Very Excited Jesse

Dear Fissure Friends,

We have very exciting news that couldn't wait until the next newsletter!

Fissure received the Project Management Institute's Continuing Education Product of the Year Award for SimProject®, our online project management simulation for colleges and universities.

The purpose of this award is to recognize exceptional professional development instruction and training materials for project management students, trainees or practitioners.

Fissure was recognized at the North American PMI Global Congress on October 20th in Vancouver, BC. Check out the video and pictures from the Awards dinner and formal presentation on our website. Tillery's award

Dave and Lori Tillery (yes, a very productive and successful husband and wife team) were responsible for all of the online simulation design, development and support work. They deserve the majority of the credit for Fissure earning this prestigious award.

SimProject® is our online computer based simulation used by academic institutions around the world as the experiential learning piece of their project management curriculum. At the core of SimProject® is a virtual project called the Alliance Prototype Project, which has 7 to 9 tasks and ten potential team members. Students plan and execute the project as the project manager; making weekly staffing, tasking, stakeholder, individual and team related decisions. They experience managing a real-life project from beginning to end. SimProject® can be given as homework for students (individual or teams), or utilized as a classroom activity with teams of students sharing the role of project manager.

Professor Laurie Schatzberg of the University of New Mexico says:

"I cannot overstate the importance of this simulation in [students'] learning"; that "students experience 'aha!' moments" and "they really get it. I can see it in their eyes, hear it in their voices and read it in their subsequent work."

We are very excited about our new online simulation technology, SimProject and obviously this wonderful recognition and award. If you're in the area, stop by our office to celebrate with us.