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Welcome to the laboratory of the Game Production Alchemist! Prepare to encounter unconventional perspectives on game production, LiveOps and leadership.
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Best Simple System for Now, and Why It Matters to Game Production
A framework for game teams to stay fast today without trapping themselves tomorrow.
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Games QA and the Creative Process: Organizational Insights From Rob Sandberg
An interview with your Alchemist in Residence
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Why Crunch is a Game Producer’s Best Friend
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Agile Is a Mindset, Not a Method
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Production 101 – #7 What does a product manager do?
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Shifting Games QA Left: Building Better Production Pipelines
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Kanban Isn’t Just Boards: It’s About Brains
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The DIY Framework Delusion: Why Cherry-Picking Agile Practices Without an Org Topologies Lens Is Risky Business
Use a framework-agnostic, visual approach to design your studio organisation and keep it aligned with your strategy.
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Kanban Isn’t Just Boards: It’s About Brains
Exploring the psychological foundations that make the Kanban strategy effective for game development teams.
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Why Crunch is a Game Producer’s Best Friend
Be brave enough to say what we’re all thinking.
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Backlog Refinement is a Scam: Why You Should Stop Grooming and Start Flowing
Overplanning slows teams down by creating false certainty, and the better alternative is to focus on flow and just-in-time decisions.
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Why Producers Should Understand Flow: Boosting Productivity, Creativity, and Team Well-Being
Creating an environment conducive to flow is the game producer’s hidden superpower.
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Kanban Strategy Playbook: A 90-Day Roadmap to Optimise Workflow for Your LiveOps Team
A straightforward, practical approach to streamlining workflows and delivering predictable business outcomes.
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Rethinking Failure: It's Not Your People, It's Your Systems
Assess and rectify the broader system in which your teams operate to harness the benefits of an Agile transformation fully.
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Flow Metrics in Scrum Ceremonies: A Data-Driven Approach for Game Development
Using flow metrics empowers Scrum teams to move beyond estimations, embrace data-driven decision-making, and improve continuously by focusing on the…
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Production 101 – #10 Producers' Impact On Product Roadmaps – Part 1
An overview of how producers shape this strategic tool to effectively align teams, drive decision-making, and track progress.
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Game Production Alchemist
Game Production Alchemist
Prepare to encounter unconventional perspectives on game production, LiveOps, leadership and transmutation.
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