Slides to talk at Game Industry Conference 2015 During the talk I tried to explain why you can't just blindly implement something like SCRUM and why do you need to prepare own solution. And that you shouldn't cut costs of training.

1. Do you want a GOOD project
management methodology?
AKA:
Extremely Boring Talk About Project Management Methodologies
Piotr Żygadło
Other Games / Grey Wizard Innovative
@pzygadlo

3. What we will cover?
Basics
Choosing
Implementing

4. BASICS
Obvious Obviousness!

5. Functions of Managment
Planning
Organizing
CoordinatingControlling
Commanding

6. Project Management Methodology is a
strictly defined combination of logically
related practices, methods and
processes that determine how best to
plan, develop, control and deliver a
project throughout the continuous
implementation process until successful
completion and termination. It is a
scientifically-proven, systematic and
disciplined approach to project design,
execution and completion.

7. Organizational culture is a system
of shared assumptions, values, and
beliefs, which governs how people
behave in organizations. These
shared values have a strong
influence on the people in the
organization and dictate how they
dress, act, and perform their jobs.

8. Not a methodology!
 SCRUM
 PM BOK
 Waterfall
 …

9. Project Management
Methodology
How everything is done
during a project.
Most often:
Custom made
for organization.

10. CHOOSING
Why do we always choose SCRUM?

14. some options
 Critical Path Method (CPM)
 Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
 Event Chain Methodology (ECM)
 Six Sigma
 Scrum
 XP (Extreme Programming)
 Crystal
 FDD (Feature Driven Development)
 DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development)
 Adaptive Software Development
 RUP (Rational Unified Process)
 PRINCE2

15. Consider
 Personal routines & customs
 Company culture
 Team size
 Number of teams
 Team members rotation

16. Evolution vs Revolution
 Cost
 Resistance
 Time
 Gain

17. Tools
• Tools define methods
• Methodology is a tool itself
• Perfect tools won’t solve any
problems
• Think deployment

18. IMPLEMENTING
Possibly usefull tips

19. Talk to
 Friends
 Random people
 Their bosses

20. Presentation
Cool, new, funny thing
VS
Yet another management idea

21. Excitement
• Fashion helps
• Team size matters
• Team activities
• Wisely plan training

22. Educate!

23. It is going to be:
 More expensive
 More time consuming
 Less successfull
than you expect!

24. Takeaway
 Understand your needs
 Methodologies are (mostly) custom made
 Easy way is a bad way
 Choose tools best for you not the best tools
 Don’t overdo it
 Research how others did it
 Plan the change (time and spendings)
 Educate and train your team

25. THANK YOU!
Piotr Żygadło
Other Games / Grey Wizard Innovative
@pzygadlo