Great teams make great products. But what makes a great team? This is a set of best practices for small/middle-sized teams regarding how to self-manage in a most efficient way, By controlling how the product is developed you control the final quality. As an indie publisher we've noticed there is a clear set of rules to follow and mistakes to avoid if you want to succeed in game development and moreover - enjoy the game development process.

1. PRODUCTION FOR INDIES
Alina Brazdeikene
Lead producer
MANAGEMENT RULES AND MISTAKES

3. SUCCESS =
PRODUCT
50%
TEAM / PROCESS
50%

4. AQUEDUCT
a watercourse constructed to
carry water from a source to a
distribution point far away

5. AMY EDMONDSON
an American scholar of leadership,
teaming, and organizational learning.
She is currently the Novartis Professor
of Leadership at Harvard Business
School. Graduated with a double
major from Harvard University.

7. INFORMATION

9. Information is
blood
It’s essential for
team’s body

10. Information is
blood
It’s essential for
team’s body

11. The
Deming
Cycle

12. start here
The
Deming
Cycle

13. 1. PLAN
❏ who
❏ what
❏ when
❏ why
❏ quality bar

14. UNCERTAINTY
creates stress

15. SELF-TEST
questions

16. 2. DO
❏ how it’s going
❏ complications
❏ change of estimations

17. 3. CHECK
❏ is it done?
❏ is it working as expected?

18. 4. ACT
❏ adaptation
❏ new info obtained
❏ mistakes made
❏ lessons learned

19. Learned
helplessness
subject's acceptance of their
powerlessness: discontinuing attempts
to escape or avoid the aversive stimulus,
even when such alternatives are
unambiguously presented

20. PLAN
DO
CHECK
ACT
planning, daily stand-up
daily stand-up + task tracker
demo
retrospective, backlog grooming

21. AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY
❏ who’s in charge of what
❏ what is their main task
❏ what they can/can’t do
❏ no overlapping

22. Good
info handling
markers:
❏ the documents are clearly structured,
comprehensible and always updated
❏ everyone knows where a necessary
info/asset can be found without
obstruction
❏ everyone knows whom to ask about
certain information
❏ everyone knows who’s in charge of
what

23. Task
Tracker

24. Task
Tracker

25. Other
FREQUENT MISTAKES

26. NO DEADLINE

27. PEOPLE
MANAGEMENT

28. RESPONSIBILITY
ISSUES

29. WORKING
WITH
UNCERTAINTY
SCIENTIFIC
METHOD

30. Thanks!
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