Abstract

PETRI, Giani  and  SILVA, José Gilberto Molina da. ExecProject: an educational tool for simulating project execution. Rev. iberoam. tecnol. educ. educ. tecnol. [online]. 2022, n.31, pp.109-120. ISSN 1851-0086.

Educational technologies have been used in the classroom with the aim of developing skills and motivating students. In undergraduate computing courses, curriculum guides recommend the use of tools for the practical teaching of project management. However, in practice, the use of educational technologies in the teaching of GP in computing courses is still restricted, mainly due to the limitation of the tools in the covering of the content. Therefore, the objective of this article is to present the development and evaluation of an educational tool (ExecProject) for the simulation of the project execution. Results of an evaluation involving 17 students indicate that the ExecProject has good usability (SUS scale score = 75.15), is easy to use and, from the students' perspective, contributes to learning and understanding the execution of projects and their interferences. Results of this article can assist teachers in the adoption of technologies and, thus, contribute to the practical application of GP in the training of computing students.

Keywords : ExecProject; Educational tool; Project execution; Project Management.

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