The document summarizes agile game development techniques used by a game studio. It discusses using short 2-week iterations for development, scheduling priorities with customers, small cross-functional teams, test-driven development, pair programming, continuous integration, and collective code ownership. It also notes improvements like minimizing non-productive time and further team self-organization. The goal is to discover important features first, improve code quality, and have a more robust process while maintaining a sustainable pace.

1. August 14-15, 2006 “ WALK IN” SLIDE

4. PART 1: Agile Development

7. Scrum

8. Extreme Programming (XP)

10. PART 2: Organization Agile Techniques

19. PART 3: Programming Agile Techniques

20. Pair Programming

24. Test-Driven Development Check in Check in Write test Write code Refactor

34. PART 4: Lessons Learned

41. © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary. DirectX Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx Game Development MSDN Forums http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn Xbox 360 Central http://xds.xbox.com/ XNA Web site http://www.microsoft.com/xna End Slide August 14-15, 2006