How to Organize Game Developers With Different Planning Needs

How to Organize Game Developers With Different Planning Needs

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  Hansoft by Perforce© 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. How to Organize Game Developers With Different Planning Needs JOHAN KARLSSON | SEPTEMBER 2020 How to Organize Game Developers With Different Planning Needs Johan Karlsson | September 2020
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  perforce.com2 | ©2020 Perforce Software, Inc. Johan Karlsson jkarlsson@perforce.com Senior Consultant, Hansoft Perforce Software
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  3 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com How to Organize Game Developers With Different Planning Needs 1 2 Planning: The balance of team autonomy and alignment. Organization: How to use the product backlog to align the project vision. 3 How to use tools to support the flexibility you need.
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  4 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com • Goal — why will this game be fun to play? • What — technical tasks we need to achieve. • Who is going to do it? • How do we prioritize our work? • What are the risks and how do we handle yet unknown events? • How to verify and sets the limits around the quality of the game? • When, when… when?!? Why planning is critical to organization?
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  5 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com How long did it take to build a feature? Timeline Developer: 1 week Player: 1 year
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  6 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com How long does it take to build a feature? Designer Concept Artist QA Developer: 1 week Model Artist Audio Player: 1 year Dev
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  7 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com You can keep things secret: announce as late as possible Designer Concept Artist QA Developer: 1 week Model Artist Audio Player Announce! Dev
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  8 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com You can optimize the pipeline Designer Concept Artist QA Developer: 1 week Model Artist Audio Player Dev
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  9 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com This webinar is about team alignment Designer Concept Artist QA Developer: 1 week Model Artist Audio Player It’s a Team Effort! Dev
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  10 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com How complex are game dev projects? Simple Com plicated Anarchy Technology User stories Far from certain Close to certain Com plex Close to agreement Far from agreement
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  11 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com Lean - Kanban • Handles both complex and complicated situations well. Plan-driven - Gantt • Typically focused on departmentalized teams. • Handles complicated parts of the plan well. Agile - SCRUM • Typically focused on feature teams. • Handles complex situations well. What planning approaches do we have available?
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  12 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com SCRUM
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  13 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com Gantt
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  14 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com Kanban
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  15 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com Hybrid Methods Content Team 3 Content Team 2 QA Team Feature Team 2 Feature Team 1 Content Team 3Studio Leadership Shared Goals Product Backlog Management Plan- driven Lean Agile Agile Scrum- ban Plan- driven Agile Lean
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  16 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com Product Backlog Management in a nutshell for Alignment Demand Product Backlog Structure drives strategy & vision. Visibility & transparency for cross-team communication. Decision-making artifact maximizes work not done and sets limits.
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  17 | Hansoftby Perforce © 2020 Perforce Software, Inc. perforce.com Putting it all together Product Backlog Content Team 1 Content Team 2 Feature Team 1 Demand
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