Thesis on Project Management

Hello everyone,

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 / studio heads / producers, completely anonymous and takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. It would be great if you could take the time and fill out the survey!

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me!

Regards,
Patrick

PS: I have also prepared a mini-blog that kind of follows my work on this thesis and where the results as well as a translation of the thesis will be published. It is located here: http://pmforgames.blog.de/

Note: This info has also been posted to the Production Forum, but since not many people have responded to it yet, I am trying to spread the word to active chapters as well. I am sorry if you consider this spam.