Beyond KPI s - Here be Dragons

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Beyond KPIs “Here Be Dragons”

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Presentation given to Games Industry Analytics Forum(GIAF) audience in London at the King Digital office at June 26, 2014.

Transcript of Beyond KPI s - Here be Dragons

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Beyond KPIs“Here Be Dragons”

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Barry Hoffman• Applied Analytics nutcase since 1998

• IBM CRM, DWH & Business Intelligence

• Orange MI, CI, CRM & GM

• MD MMORPG

• Indie Game Development

• FM/PM at GamePoint

• CCO Eutechnyx

Applied Analytics ≠ Mathematics

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Game Development is a Journey of combined super powers

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Beyond the tunnel of love

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Lie the inevitable elephant trails

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The Sandbox Endgame of unlimited LifeTime looms

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But wrong turns can cause a lot of damage

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And as an endgame the Sandbox of never ending lifetime looms

It can turn your endgame into the “torture chamber of bad matchmaking”

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Or end it with a sudden splash.

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Resulting in an Angry Mob

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Know how to “Push the Envelope”

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How do we stretch beyond the limits?

China Automotive

50+ IPs

AppliedGaming

Console,PC,Mobile

Internet of ThingsOculus VR/ UltraHD / AR

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Do you like to push in this ocean?

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Or compete in this blue ocean?

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Don’t be a parrot: Know thy market!

RAVERANTKnow what to mix,

then learn to mix.

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Outside In – Not Inside Out

Externalperformance (Competitors)

Internal performance (developer)

Externalpromises

(Competitors)

Internal promises

(developer)

PlayerExperience

PlayerExpectation

Player

Happiness

Churn

Retain

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Sort out your (Big) Data Collections if your DBAs desk looks like this!

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We need Accelerators, not excellerators.

We need Explorers, not copy machines.

We need Force Multipliers, not accountants

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“Here be dragons”• Pushing the envelope means:

• Find Blue oceans

• Don’t be a parrot: Know thy market!

• Outside In, not Inside Out

• Sort out your mess

• Beyond Excel: SQL, Python, R, Perl

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Any questions?

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Eutechnyx LTD/ZeroLightE:[email protected]: BarryvioL: Bhoffmannl