[game_edu] SCRUM in Game Development

[Adam Parker]

Maic,

Thanks for the work. There are parallels to what we're already doing, so
we'll certainly benefit from the rigor here.

Cheers,
Adam

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Masuch, Maic, Prof. Dr. <
maic.masuch at uni-due.de> wrote:


> 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

>

>

>

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> 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

> To: IGDA Game Education Listserv; Games Research Network

> 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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