15.025  Game Theory for Strategic Advantage

Final Projects due at 10:00 AM Tomorrow and Course Evaluations

Hi Class,

Just a reminder: FINAL PROJECTS ARE DUE AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY before class. You can either email me your final project or submit it over stellar. No physical copies please.

Also please take the time to fill out the course evaluation for this course by using the following link http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation

Thanks and we look forward to a great day of presentations.

Announced on 14 May 2014  2:11  p.m. by Sean Patrick Mahon

Presentation Line Up!

Dear all,

Your drafts all look promising – it was a tough call choosing the presenters!

Here is the lineup for next week

Tuesday, May 13th:
1. Team 6 (House of Cards)
2. Team 2 (Doping in Sports)
3. Team 10 (The Voice)
4. Team 7 (the Bar)

Thursday, May 15th:
1. Team 9 (Chess with Russians)
2. Team 1 (Lobsters)
3. Team 8 (United Launch Alliance)

We are looking forward to all the presentations, have a great weekend!
Alessandro and Sean

PS remember, 15 minutes including Q&A; slides to Sean the night before

Have a great Weekend

Announced on 09 May 2014  9:18  p.m. by Sean Patrick Mahon

Project Drafts and Presentations

Dear all,

I cannot believe the semester is almost over! Just a few clarifications about the next 2 weeks.

A) Project drafts are due on Thursday May 8th at 5pm. Drafts are *preliminary* write-ups of your work (not powerpoint presentations), i.e., they are a useful way to get a head start. Drafts are not graded.

B) Team presentations on May 13th and 15th. I will select 7 teams to present their work in the final 2 classes. Selections are based largely on the progress you have made in the draft from the initial proposal. I will announce the schedule of presentations on Friday (so you have the weekend to prepare).

C) Final projects are due on May 15th by 10:00 AM.

Let me or Sean know if you have any questions, take care and see you tomorrow,
Alessandro

Announced on 05 May 2014  2:17  p.m. by Alessandro Bonatti

Article posted on Project status reporting and reading for Tuesday

Hi Class,
On the back of our discussion around bluffing and the very trusting relationship between a project manager and the CEO Daniel Pelletier was kind enough to share a very interesting MIT Sloan review article called the pitfalls of project status reporting. I have posted it under readings for class 20 if you are interested, it’s not required reading. Also please read the Krugman article under class 21 before Roberto's guest lecture Tuesday.
Have a great weekend,
Sean

Announced on 02 May 2014  11:51  a.m. by Sean Patrick Mahon

Bluffing Game survey please fill out before class today.

Good Morning,
Prior to class today please take 90 seconds (not even two minutes) to fill out the below survey to facilitate our discussion around the bluffing game.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?usp=drive_web&formkey=dE1zSF9CRjRyU1c3ZjRvbHJKazZrdHc6MA#gid=2

Thanks,
Sean

Announced on 29 April 2014  9:22  a.m. by Sean Patrick Mahon