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THE AGILE MENTALITY
CHAPTER 27
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Topics
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Topics§ Why Use Agile and Scrum?
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Topics§ Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ Agile Development
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Topics§ Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ Agile Development
– Manifesto for Agile Software Development
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Topics§ Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ Agile Development
– Manifesto for Agile Software Development
§ Scrum Methodology
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Topics§ Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ Agile Development
– Manifesto for Agile Software Development
§ Scrum Methodology– Features of Scrum
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Topics§ Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ Agile Development
– Manifesto for Agile Software Development
§ Scrum Methodology– Features of Scrum
§ The Burndown Chart
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration– Projects that evolve
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration– Projects that evolve
§ Agile and Scrum provide a method of project management that promotes
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration– Projects that evolve
§ Agile and Scrum provide a method of project management that promotes
– Personal responsibility
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration– Projects that evolve
§ Agile and Scrum provide a method of project management that promotes
– Personal responsibility– Adaptation to meet evolving needs
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration– Projects that evolve
§ Agile and Scrum provide a method of project management that promotes
– Personal responsibility– Adaptation to meet evolving needs– Design iteration
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration– Projects that evolve
§ Agile and Scrum provide a method of project management that promotes
– Personal responsibility– Adaptation to meet evolving needs– Design iteration– Deadline awareness
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ It can be difficult to keep the game development
process on track§ This is especially true of
– Long term projects– Prototypes with lots of iteration– Projects that evolve
§ Agile and Scrum provide a method of project management that promotes
– Personal responsibility– Adaptation to meet evolving needs– Design iteration– Deadline awareness– Feature prioritization and focus
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects– The sensible scoping of student projects
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects– The sensible scoping of student projects– Student confidence in their development skills
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects– The sensible scoping of student projects– Student confidence in their development skills
• This was the most shocking
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects– The sensible scoping of student projects– Student confidence in their development skills
• This was the most shocking• The author believes this was tied to the personal responsibility
promoted by the Scrum process
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects– The sensible scoping of student projects– Student confidence in their development skills
• This was the most shocking• The author believes this was tied to the personal responsibility
promoted by the Scrum process
§ This chapter covers two project management strategies that work well together
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects– The sensible scoping of student projects– Student confidence in their development skills
• This was the most shocking• The author believes this was tied to the personal responsibility
promoted by the Scrum process
§ This chapter covers two project management strategies that work well together
– Agile
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Why Use Agile and Scrum?§ As a professor, the author found that Agile and
Scrum improved– The quality of games created by the students– The level of completeness of the student projects– The sensible scoping of student projects– Student confidence in their development skills
• This was the most shocking• The author believes this was tied to the personal responsibility
promoted by the Scrum process
§ This chapter covers two project management strategies that work well together
– Agile– Scrum
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Agile Development
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games• Doesn't allow for design iteration
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games• Doesn't allow for design iteration• Prevents prototypes from being tested fast enough
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games• Doesn't allow for design iteration• Prevents prototypes from being tested fast enough
– It didn't work very well for many kinds of creative software
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games• Doesn't allow for design iteration• Prevents prototypes from being tested fast enough
– It didn't work very well for many kinds of creative software• Developers weren't able to creatively contribute to projects
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games• Doesn't allow for design iteration• Prevents prototypes from being tested fast enough
– It didn't work very well for many kinds of creative software• Developers weren't able to creatively contribute to projects• The lack of iteration led to sub-par software
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games• Doesn't allow for design iteration• Prevents prototypes from being tested fast enough
– It didn't work very well for many kinds of creative software• Developers weren't able to creatively contribute to projects• The lack of iteration led to sub-par software
§ In 2001, several developers formed the Agile Alliance to address this issue
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Agile Development§ For many years, software projects were first
specified and then implemented– This was called the "waterfall method"
• Designers would create a Design Document that was handed to engineers to implement exactly
– This doesn't work very well for games• Doesn't allow for design iteration• Prevents prototypes from being tested fast enough
– It didn't work very well for many kinds of creative software• Developers weren't able to creatively contribute to projects• The lack of iteration led to sub-par software
§ In 2001, several developers formed the Agile Alliance to address this issue
– They collectively created the Manifesto for Agile Software Development
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The Agile Manifesto
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto§ We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto§ We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.§ Through this work we have come to value:
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto§ We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.§ Through this work we have come to value:
– Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto§ We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.§ Through this work we have come to value:
– Individuals and interactions over processes and tools– Working software over comprehensive documentation
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto§ We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.§ Through this work we have come to value:
– Individuals and interactions over processes and tools– Working software over comprehensive documentation– Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto§ We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.§ Through this work we have come to value:
– Individuals and interactions over processes and tools– Working software over comprehensive documentation– Customer collaboration over contract negotiation– Responding to change over following a plan
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto§ We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.§ Through this work we have come to value:
– Individuals and interactions over processes and tools– Working software over comprehensive documentation– Customer collaboration over contract negotiation– Responding to change over following a plan
§ That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
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Kent Beck, et al. "Manifesto for Agile Software Development," Agile Alliance (2001)
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The Agile Manifesto
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The Agile Manifesto§ In game development terms, these four core values
become:
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The Agile Manifesto§ In game development terms, these four core values
become:– Following your individual design sense & continually asking
questions over following predefined rules
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The Agile Manifesto§ In game development terms, these four core values
become:– Following your individual design sense & continually asking
questions over following predefined rules– Making a simple prototype and iterating over waiting until you
have the perfect game idea
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The Agile Manifesto§ In game development terms, these four core values
become:– Following your individual design sense & continually asking
questions over following predefined rules– Making a simple prototype and iterating over waiting until you
have the perfect game idea– Bouncing your ideas off of other creative people over
worrying about who owns specific intellectual property
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The Agile Manifesto§ In game development terms, these four core values
become:– Following your individual design sense & continually asking
questions over following predefined rules– Making a simple prototype and iterating over waiting until you
have the perfect game idea– Bouncing your ideas off of other creative people over
worrying about who owns specific intellectual property– Listening to and reacting to playtesters' feedback over
following your original design vision
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The Agile Manifesto§ In game development terms, these four core values
become:– Following your individual design sense & continually asking
questions over following predefined rules– Making a simple prototype and iterating over waiting until you
have the perfect game idea– Bouncing your ideas off of other creative people over
worrying about who owns specific intellectual property– Listening to and reacting to playtesters' feedback over
following your original design vision
§ An Agile mentality keeps your game evolving as you develop it
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The Agile Manifesto§ In game development terms, these four core values
become:– Following your individual design sense & continually asking
questions over following predefined rules– Making a simple prototype and iterating over waiting until you
have the perfect game idea– Bouncing your ideas off of other creative people over
worrying about who owns specific intellectual property– Listening to and reacting to playtesters' feedback over
following your original design vision
§ An Agile mentality keeps your game evolving as you develop it
§ But it's also important to keep the project on schedule
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The Scrum Methodology
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget§ The goal of Scrum is to get to a playable game as
quickly as possible while allowing design flexibility
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget§ The goal of Scrum is to get to a playable game as
quickly as possible while allowing design flexibility§ Features of Scrum
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget§ The goal of Scrum is to get to a playable game as
quickly as possible while allowing design flexibility§ Features of Scrum
– The Scrum Team
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget§ The goal of Scrum is to get to a playable game as
quickly as possible while allowing design flexibility§ Features of Scrum
– The Scrum Team– Feature List
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget§ The goal of Scrum is to get to a playable game as
quickly as possible while allowing design flexibility§ Features of Scrum
– The Scrum Team– Feature List– Releases and Sprints
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget§ The goal of Scrum is to get to a playable game as
quickly as possible while allowing design flexibility§ Features of Scrum
– The Scrum Team– Feature List– Releases and Sprints– The Scrum Meeting
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The Scrum Methodology§ The Scrum Methodology works very well to keep
Agile projects on time and on budget§ The goal of Scrum is to get to a playable game as
quickly as possible while allowing design flexibility§ Features of Scrum
– The Scrum Team– Feature List– Releases and Sprints– The Scrum Meeting– The Burndown Chart
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Features of Scrum
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked• Responsible for keeping the project on schedule and cutting if
necessary
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked• Responsible for keeping the project on schedule and cutting if
necessary• Runs the daily Scrum Meeting
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked• Responsible for keeping the project on schedule and cutting if
necessary• Runs the daily Scrum Meeting
– Development Team
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked• Responsible for keeping the project on schedule and cutting if
necessary• Runs the daily Scrum Meeting
– Development Team• Everyone who is actively working on the project
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked• Responsible for keeping the project on schedule and cutting if
necessary• Runs the daily Scrum Meeting
– Development Team• Everyone who is actively working on the project• Assigned daily tasks at the Scrum Meeting
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked• Responsible for keeping the project on schedule and cutting if
necessary• Runs the daily Scrum Meeting
– Development Team• Everyone who is actively working on the project• Assigned daily tasks at the Scrum Meeting• Often also includes the Product Owner and Scrum Master
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Team
– Product Owner• The voice of the client / players• Wants all the coolest features to make it into the game• Responsible for understanding the gestalt vision of the game
– Scrum Master• The voice of reason• Wants to make sure everyone is on-task without being overworked• Responsible for keeping the project on schedule and cutting if
necessary• Runs the daily Scrum Meeting
– Development Team• Everyone who is actively working on the project• Assigned daily tasks at the Scrum Meeting• Often also includes the Product Owner and Scrum Master
– The Product Owner and Scrum Master are natural foils
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Features of Scrum
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints– Product cycle is broken into Releases and Sprints
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints– Product cycle is broken into Releases and Sprints– A Release is a known time when the game will be shown to
people outside the team (e.g., client, investors, playtesters)
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints– Product cycle is broken into Releases and Sprints– A Release is a known time when the game will be shown to
people outside the team (e.g., client, investors, playtesters)– A Sprint is a version of the game along the way to a release
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints– Product cycle is broken into Releases and Sprints– A Release is a known time when the game will be shown to
people outside the team (e.g., client, investors, playtesters)– A Sprint is a version of the game along the way to a release
• Usually a Sprint lasts 1-4 weeks
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints– Product cycle is broken into Releases and Sprints– A Release is a known time when the game will be shown to
people outside the team (e.g., client, investors, playtesters)– A Sprint is a version of the game along the way to a release
• Usually a Sprint lasts 1-4 weeks• The game must be playable and bug-free at the end of each sprint
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints– Product cycle is broken into Releases and Sprints– A Release is a known time when the game will be shown to
people outside the team (e.g., client, investors, playtesters)– A Sprint is a version of the game along the way to a release
• Usually a Sprint lasts 1-4 weeks• The game must be playable and bug-free at the end of each sprint
– In the best case, the game should be playable at the end of each day
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Features of Scrum§ Backlog / Feature List
– A list of all the features that the team/client wants in the game– Some start vague but increase in specificity– Eventually broken down into tasks
• No individual task should be estimated to take longer than 8h (hours)
§ Releases and Sprints– Product cycle is broken into Releases and Sprints– A Release is a known time when the game will be shown to
people outside the team (e.g., client, investors, playtesters)– A Sprint is a version of the game along the way to a release
• Usually a Sprint lasts 1-4 weeks• The game must be playable and bug-free at the end of each sprint
– In the best case, the game should be playable at the end of each day
– Each Sprint has its own Sprint Backlog of features that will be complete by the end of the Sprint
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
• What did you accomplish since yesterday?
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
• What did you accomplish since yesterday?• What do you plan to accomplish today?
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
• What did you accomplish since yesterday?• What do you plan to accomplish today?• What obstacles might get in your way?
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
• What did you accomplish since yesterday?• What do you plan to accomplish today?• What obstacles might get in your way?
– This ensures that everyone on the team is aware of overall progress
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
• What did you accomplish since yesterday?• What do you plan to accomplish today?• What obstacles might get in your way?
– This ensures that everyone on the team is aware of overall progress
– Also enforces personal responsibility for tasks
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
• What did you accomplish since yesterday?• What do you plan to accomplish today?• What obstacles might get in your way?
– This ensures that everyone on the team is aware of overall progress
– Also enforces personal responsibility for tasks– Any questions that come up are recorded and tabled for
discussion after the meeting
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Features of Scrum§ The Scrum Meeting
– A Scrum Meeting occurs every morning during a Sprint– It is a 15-minute stand-up meeting to keep everyone on track
• Literally everyone stands through the entire meeting to keep it short– The meeting is run by the Scrum Master– She asks each person on the team 3 questions:
• What did you accomplish since yesterday?• What do you plan to accomplish today?• What obstacles might get in your way?
– This ensures that everyone on the team is aware of overall progress
– Also enforces personal responsibility for tasks– Any questions that come up are recorded and tabled for
discussion after the meeting– All progress is tracked on a shared Burndown Chart
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Features of Scrum§ The Burndown Chart
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Features of Scrum§ The Burndown Chart
– Tracks team progress towards a Sprint deadline
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Features of Scrum§ The Burndown Chart
– Tracks team progress towards a Sprint deadline– Compares total estimated time for tasks against daily
progress (the Burndown Rate)
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Features of Scrum§ The Burndown Chart
– Tracks team progress towards a Sprint deadline– Compares total estimated time for tasks against daily
progress (the Burndown Rate)– Uses this information to predict whether or not the team will
complete the project on time
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Anatomy of a Burndown Chart
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ESTIMATED HOURS
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
– Not actual hours worked!!!
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
– Not actual hours worked!!!
§ Example: You estimate a task will take 4h to complete
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
– Not actual hours worked!!!
§ Example: You estimate a task will take 4h to complete– You work 6h on the task, but it's 50% complete
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
– Not actual hours worked!!!
§ Example: You estimate a task will take 4h to complete– You work 6h on the task, but it's 50% complete
• Mark 2h remaining on the Burndown Chart
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
– Not actual hours worked!!!
§ Example: You estimate a task will take 4h to complete– You work 6h on the task, but it's 50% complete
• Mark 2h remaining on the Burndown Chart– Alternatively, you work 1h on the task, but it's 75% complete
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
– Not actual hours worked!!!
§ Example: You estimate a task will take 4h to complete– You work 6h on the task, but it's 50% complete
• Mark 2h remaining on the Burndown Chart– Alternatively, you work 1h on the task, but it's 75% complete
• Mark 1h remaining on the Burndown Chart
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ESTIMATED HOURS
§ Team estimates hours to complete each task– Uses their best guess
§ When burning down a task, mark down hours based on percent of task that remains
– Not actual hours worked!!!
§ Example: You estimate a task will take 4h to complete– You work 6h on the task, but it's 50% complete
• Mark 2h remaining on the Burndown Chart– Alternatively, you work 1h on the task, but it's 75% complete
• Mark 1h remaining on the Burndown Chart
§ Always think in terms of original estimated hours
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The Burndown Chart
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The Burndown Chart§ Most useful on 1-4 week Sprints
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The Burndown Chart§ Most useful on 1-4 week Sprints§ Also most useful for teams that do about the same
amount of work each day
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The Burndown Chart§ Most useful on 1-4 week Sprints§ Also most useful for teams that do about the same
amount of work each day– If the team changes their rate of work drastically, the
Burndown Chart will not adjust to reflect this
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The Burndown Chart
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The Burndown Chart§ Most useful on 1-4 week Sprints!§ Also most useful for teams that do about the same
amount of work each day!– If the team changes their rate of work drastically, the
Burndown Chart will not adjust to reflect this!– This is only an issue for teams that make drastic changes to
their work per day
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Chapter 27 – Summary
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§ The Agile mentality and Scrum are fantastic tools for developers of games and game prototypes
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Chapter 27 – Summary
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§ The Agile mentality and Scrum are fantastic tools for developers of games and game prototypes
§ At large companies, they are generally used in the Preproduction phase of game development
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Chapter 27 – Summary
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§ The Agile mentality and Scrum are fantastic tools for developers of games and game prototypes
§ At large companies, they are generally used in the Preproduction phase of game development
– Switch to a more "waterfall" approach for Production phase once the core gameplay and design have been discovered through Agile and Scrum
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Chapter 27 – Summary
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§ The Agile mentality and Scrum are fantastic tools for developers of games and game prototypes
§ At large companies, they are generally used in the Preproduction phase of game development
– Switch to a more "waterfall" approach for Production phase once the core gameplay and design have been discovered through Agile and Scrum
§ The Burndown Chart is the best tool the author has found for tracking small, agile projects
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Chapter 27 – Summary
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§ The Agile mentality and Scrum are fantastic tools for developers of games and game prototypes
§ At large companies, they are generally used in the Preproduction phase of game development
– Switch to a more "waterfall" approach for Production phase once the core gameplay and design have been discovered through Agile and Scrum
§ The Burndown Chart is the best tool the author has found for tracking small, agile projects
§ Next: Part III – Game Prototype Examples and Tutorials
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Chapter 27 – Summary
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§ The Agile mentality and Scrum are fantastic tools for developers of games and game prototypes
§ At large companies, they are generally used in the Preproduction phase of game development
– Switch to a more "waterfall" approach for Production phase once the core gameplay and design have been discovered through Agile and Scrum
§ The Burndown Chart is the best tool the author has found for tracking small, agile projects
§ Next: Part III – Game Prototype Examples and Tutorials– Eight different game tutorials for everything from a Space
Shooter to Card Games to a Word Game
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Chapter 27 – Summary
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§ The Agile mentality and Scrum are fantastic tools for developers of games and game prototypes
§ At large companies, they are generally used in the Preproduction phase of game development
– Switch to a more "waterfall" approach for Production phase once the core gameplay and design have been discovered through Agile and Scrum
§ The Burndown Chart is the best tool the author has found for tracking small, agile projects
§ Next: Part III – Game Prototype Examples and Tutorials– Eight different game tutorials for everything from a Space
Shooter to Card Games to a Word Game– Followed by an Appendix of Useful Concepts for game dev