RealOptionsInANutshell

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Contents 1 Session Goals 2 What we did 3 Session retrospective 3.1 What went well 3.2 What went wrong 3.3 Puzzles 3.4 Suggestions 4 Post-event coverage 5 Further Reading

Session Goals

To learn about Real Options so that you can make better decisions.

What we did

• Played the Real Options game
• Played another couple of warmup games
• Played the commuter game

Session retrospective

What went well

• Engaged the audience early
• Innovated on the existing Real Options material

What went wrong

• Too many exercises without a clear purpose
• Unclear relationship between financial options and Real Options
• Over-innovated instead of trying to refactor and improve with small steps

Puzzles

• Lack of real life examples on how to apply Real Options

Suggestions

• More real life examples on how to apply Real Options

Post-event coverage

• Portia Tung's blog entry on SPA 2008 1
• Pascal Van Cauwenberghe's blog entry on SPA 2008 2

Further Reading

• Real Options 3