{"id":66744,"date":"2018-02-01T09:21:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T08:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=66744\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:58:30","slug":"using-lego-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/en\/news\/using-lego-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Lego to learn the foundations of project management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_66704\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66704\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-66704 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lego-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"lego\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lego-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lego-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lego-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lego-150x111.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-66704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students on the International MBA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As part of their project management course, students on the International MBA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/programmes\/mba\/imba\/programme\/\">program<\/a> in Paris were asked to deconstruct and then rebuild a \u201csummer palace\u201d made of 82 Lego bricks. The objective of the assignment from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/enseignement-et-recherche\/enseignant\/?id=1726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Stefan Creemers <\/a>was to highlight the importance of incorporating uncertainty into project management.<\/p>\n<p>Working in teams of two, students were asked to estimate how quickly they could construct the palace, before actually building it. The final construction was then inspected according to the original specifications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exercise highlighted that mistakes are easily made and risks can be forgotten (for example building errors or inspectors that are very strict) when there is time pressure,&#8221; explains Prof. Creemers. \u201cIn reality, the duration of projects is generally uncertain, so it is crucial that all project managers understand the basics of probability theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2014, more than 1000 teams have completed this task so I can demonstrate to students how historical data can be used to help plan and predict the time a project will take. However, in many real life cases project managers may not have such historical data as projects are unique. Therefore, I show them how to use a monte carlo simulation (a method used to model the probability of different outcomes in a process) to create graphs of the predicted completion time of a project. All in all, this is a good way of using Lego to lay the foundations of project management!\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieseg.fr\/programmes\/mba\/imba\/programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International MBA program<\/a>, a full time one-year program taught at the Paris La D\u00e9fense campus.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of their project management course, students on the International MBA program in Paris were asked to deconstruct and then rebuild a \u201csummer palace\u201d made of 82 Lego bricks. 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