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Have all the different ongoing projects and components be properly maintained in relation to the bigger picture
Strong decision-making can come from constant checks in quality throughout production
- Decision-making should be proactive and collaborative, not independently decided
Production is a steady marathon, crunch time lowers production quality
It’s okay to have uncertain end goals and unknowns, freeing up methods of implementation
- Instead, just have a strong vision to provide a clear, concise vision
  - Have a vision holder that helps inspire and continue developing the vision
  - Next, constanlty iterate to work towards the vision
Scaling through external outsourcing with set boundaries

Open communication, clear boundaries, and understanding the vision are critical for scaling

Creators of Human: Fall Flat

Uses a mix of Agile/Kanban/Scrum/Waterfall depending on the kind of game being created
Board of belief
- Table whiteboard exercise for forming vision and scope
- Rows are area of game, columns are priorities (1-10)
- Helps prioritize and see structure
Have positions of product management and directors to focus on what/why

Most common ideas were agile/some framework of development, some form of vision, and pivoting
I was discouraged reading this by the constant praise of the companies and Peforce’s software
- Repetitively shallow in my opinion, just became the same repeated things of using agile → having a vision → learning from mistakes
Although this information might be useful in the working world, I don’t think I have enough background knowledge of agile development and other things to best utilize this article
- Not really sure how I would implement this seeing as I’m not really working on collaborative projects with anyone
Not a fan of double column articles like this

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Created:: 2022-02-06 21:02