[game_edu] SCRUM in Game Development

[Masuch, Maic, Prof. Dr.]

Hi Nic,
you might want to have a look at our 2010 FDG paper
http://www.uni-due.de/~hk0377/papers/Schild_ABC-Sprints_Adapting_Scrum_to_Academic_Game_Development_Courses_FDG2010.pdf
where we summed up our experiences of some 3 years in teaching game development courses as part of a M.Sc. computer science curriculum.
We found out that you have to adopt the scrum methodology to an academic environment, but all in all I see a fundamental rise in quality and effectiveness of projects.

Best,
Maic




Prof. Dr. Maic Masuch 
Professor for Multimedia Technology|Entertainment Computing 
Department for Computer Science and Cognitive Science
Faculty of Engineering 
University of Duisburg-Essen

Forsthausweg 2, D-47057 Duisburg, Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 203 / 379 - 1434 - Fax +49 (0) 203 / 379 - 3557






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From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Nic Colley
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 7:48 PM
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Subject: [game_edu] SCRUM in Game Development

Happy New Year All!

What lessons have you learned while using SCRUM and any best practices? 

I ask this as I am currently building a class "Agile Game Development". In this class I will be focusing on SCRUM with projects while talking about other development practices. I am able to pull from my experiences with SCRUM, but to better serve the students, I thought I should ask the community on their experiences.

Thanks,
Nic Colley
Faculty, Simulation & Game Development
Nic.Colley at cpcc.edu
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