Teaching Business Process Change in the Context of the Digital Transformation: A Review on Requirements for a Simulation Game

This paper analyzes requirements for a simulation game to teach Business Process Change (BPC) in the context of the digital transformation. First, the necessity of a simulation game to teach BPC as part of the digital transformation of enterprises is presented. Afterwards, a literature review and focus group discussions are conducted to analyze the requirements for teaching BPC. Finally, the resulting requirements are presented within a framework that describes the learner specification, pedagogy, context, and mode of representation for a simulation game to teach BPC. The presented study contributes to theory by providing a starting point for further research regarding the teaching of BPC in the context of the digital transformation. It further contributes to practice as the provided requirements can be used as basis to implement a simulation game to teach BPC.

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