Overview
The Spatium simulation is a highly innovative software tool that is used as part of an organised workshop, either in a classroom or in remote format, to deliver an intense experience that helps participants with a wide variety of experience levels to develop skills for dealing with challenges such as leading complex projects.
Spatium addresses the following 'specific' leadership challenges
Spatium addresses the following 'generic' leadership challenges
Learning outcomes
Participants develop a number of skills, including how to:
- define project success
- manage the early stages of a project
- develop an optimal contract strategy
- plan & control a project
- analyse and manage risks
- judge stakeholder-driven trade-offs
- juggle & integrate multiple disciplines
- take decisions in a complex scenario
Who is this for?
Spatium is regularly used by:
- senior managers
- project sponsors
- change leaders
- business strategists
- project & program managers
- project team members
as well as Masters/MBAs/EMBAs, and Executives on business school programs
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Clients who use Spatium include:
“For more than 20 years, Prendo’s simulations have helped our programs add to the skillset and practical wisdom of delegates ranging from senior project professionals to new graduates. We have only ever had positive feedback. Prendo are clearly pioneers in this field.”
Manon Bradley, Development Director, Major Projects Association
“Prendo’s simulations bring to life just the sort of ambiguous decisions that students face when they get back to the real world. The simulations are a brilliant way of compressing a whole project experience into a few hours, so it’s a very valuable use of the precious classroom time.”
Dr Efrosyni Konstantinou, Director of MSc SMP, UCL
“While case studies offer valuable insight, today’s MBA students are seeking a little more. They don’t just want to discuss, they want to do, and that’s where simulations come in. They allow students to participate, make decisions, and get feedback on those decisions.”
Nigel Pye, Professor & MBA Director, Essex Business School
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to run a Spatium simulation workshop?
A Spatium simulation workshop is typically run over a full day, but can be extended to a day and a half.
What is the role, mission and success measures in the Spatium simulation?
You play the role of a project manager, who, in the context of a project to build a football stadium, has been asked to ‘ensure the success of the project’. Success is measured with both the traditional time, cost and quality outcomes, but also by the business model outcomes and the level of support obtained from the key stakeholders.
What are the limits on numbers of participants in a Spatium simulation workshop?
We recommend that participants be organised in teams of 3 to 5 people, with a minimum of 3 teams and a maximum of 40 teams.
Spatium simulation: case studies
A few examples of how Spatium is used, all over the world (both in classroom and in remote workshop formats), by a variety of clients, in number of different contexts and for a wide range of participant experience levels and backgrounds.
Headquartered in the UK but with offices across the globe, Prendo’s client uses Spatium as part of their graduate induction week; the intake of around 200 recent graduates, organised in small teams, gain a rapid experience of working in a complex project environment, exposing them to the kinds of challenges they will encounter in the real world, but initially in a risk-free setting.
Delivered by Prendo’s strategic partner in India, Spatium is used in a multi module online program for experienced project management professionals who are aiming to take their capability and careers to the next level. With a strong focus on the application of knowledge, the program also uses one of Prendo’s other simulations.
Prendo delivers a 1 day workshop, based around Spatium, in a hybrid format (with both classroom and remote teams) for a central government department that has staff based across the UK. For participants who are working on a variety of real world projects, the simulation workshop brings to life the generic challenges of project management, in particular stakeholder and risk management.
At one of Spain’s leading universities, Spatium is used with students studying for a Master in Project Management. The simulation gives students, working in classroom-based teams, a compressed (3 years in 3 evenings!) experience of managing a complex project from start to finish. Prendo provides the local faculty with remote facilitation during the introduction and the explanation of the results.
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