Project Management in Games Development Thesis and Survey

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Hello Jonathan,

I am a 24 year-old student from Germany, currently finishing my studies and writing my thesis on the “Project Management in Games Development”. The thesis compares several agile and plan-driven methods and analyzes their applicability for the games industry with an emphasis on how to approach the uncertainty of game design for reliable planning.

In theory both ways (explorative/agile and plan-driven/predictive) have their pros and while they also have their homegrounds, the only way of really getting to an answer is through analyzing practical experience.

That’s why I put up an online survey on the matter which can be found at www.ime-institut.de/umfrage. The survey is aimed at project managers, completely anonymous and takes about 10-15 minutes to complete.

If have already posted this link to the IGDA production SIG as well as the proper Forum. However, only 30 people have participated so far – not enough to draw any valuable conclusions. While the IGDA (of which I am a member as well) can’t advertise the survey in its monthly newsletter, Jason Della Rocca proposed that I contacted the local chapters for help.

It would be great if you could help spread the word to the people in your chapter because only many participants will help drawing valuable conclusions. Of course, the results will be published on that website afterwards and I am also looking to publish my thesis in English.

Regards,
Patrick

PS: I have also prepared a mini-blog that kind of follows my work on this thesis. It is located here: http://pmforgames.blog.de/

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Patrick Streppel
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