Fissure eNewsletter Volume 1 May 2004 Newsletter Home Out of the Mouth of Babes "Who's In Charge Here?" What's in a name? Why Fissure Benefits of Project Management Survey Fissure News

Basic PM Simulation:
June 7-9
August 2-4
September 13-15

Advanced PM Simulation:
May 19-21
July 14-16
September 22-24

Leadership & Change Management Simulation:
June 24-25

PMP Exam Prep:
August 13

MS Project:
September 27

What’s in a name? Why Fissure

A fissure represents a “breakthrough”; Fissure facilitates breakthrough learning and development through computer simulation and blended learning. Our computer simulations are the most realistic, dynamic and engaging simulations available – they are breakthrough simulations. By the end of this year, you will see the next breakthrough simulation development from Fissure.

Our company name also reflects our mission: to guide our customers in finding a path to their own solutions and discovering their own answers. Everyone learns best when they are making mistakes and learning by doing. Computer simulation provides the vehicle and helps to create the learning environment students need to develop difficult and integrated skill sets.

The name "Fissure" and our mission was again reinforced to us when we came across the following quote which says that good luck is a result of a good plan and a good guide, while bad luck (a mistake) should be looked upon as an opportunity to learn and improve.

"They returned to their work day after day, and, in short time, found a fissure in the rock, which enabled them to pass far with very little obstruction. This Rasselas considered as a good omen. 'Do not disturb your mind,' said Imlac, 'with other hopes or fears than reason may suggest: if you are pleased with prognostics of good, you will be terrified likewise with omens of evil, and your whole life will be prey to superstition. Whatever facilitates our work is more than an omen, it is a cause of success. This is one of those pleasing surprises which often happen to active resolution. Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.' "

Samuel Johnson, “The History of Rasselas”, Prince of Abyssinia (1759)