{"title":"Revisiting the four C'S of managing a successful simulation project","authors":"Melanie R. Barker, Nancy Zupick","doi":"10.1109/WSC.2017.8247816","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to discuss four key elements imperative to conducting an effective simulation study and how they impact the progress of the study. • The Clue: determining when and why to use simulation and what issues will be addressed • The Cash: understanding the financial costs and the impact of the project • The Commitment and the Courage: the importance of having a team committed to the endeavor and having the courage to make hard decisions so that the project will be successful Each of these key factors are critical to starting a successful project and keeping it on track towards proposing effective solutions for the problems the model was designed to address.","PeriodicalId":145780,"journal":{"name":"2017 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2017 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2017.8247816","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper aims to discuss four key elements imperative to conducting an effective simulation study and how they impact the progress of the study. • The Clue: determining when and why to use simulation and what issues will be addressed • The Cash: understanding the financial costs and the impact of the project • The Commitment and the Courage: the importance of having a team committed to the endeavor and having the courage to make hard decisions so that the project will be successful Each of these key factors are critical to starting a successful project and keeping it on track towards proposing effective solutions for the problems the model was designed to address.