“Connect Rollout” – A simulation game for project management

Successful project work requires a broad spectrum of methodological and social competences that must be combined with a high degree of understanding of complex situations and contexts. The International Project Management Association’s (IPMA) International Competence Baseline 4.0 (ICB4) offers a standardised competence framework, and the systems thinking approach provides an appropriate methodology for dealing with complexity. The business game presented here, “Connect Rollout”, focuses on acquiring competences in accordance with ICB4 and learning systems thinking methods in an international project environment. In this way, experience-based learning processes can be facilitated without risk, and the learning ability of each student can be increased.