Production Consulting

Production is the connective tissue between knowing what you’re trying to make and actually turning that vision into a reality. Having worked with over a dozen teams, on a variety of scales of projects, we know how to prioritize, identify dependencies, and make the work flow as smoothly as possible for the team.

Objective Analysis

  • Making sure your production plans/processes are realistic
  • Identifying weak spots and future needs
  • Avoiding crunch and other destructive processes

Scheduling

  • Creating milestones/release plans
  • Hybridizing traditional and agile methodologies
  • Staffing plan forecasting
  • Optimizing workflows

Pipeline Development and Refinement

  • Identifying and removing dependencies
  • Integrating pipeline production with agile development (Lean/Kanban)
  • Tracking pipeline maturity and development needs

Risk Mitigation

  • Identifying and documenting risks from all phases of development and operations
  • Developing risk tolerance profiles and mitigation plans
  • Generating consensus and buy-in from all stakeholders

Operations and Live Services

  • Structuring and supporting a live team
  • Release management and crisis response
  • Community management and player relations

Leadership Coaching

  • Surfacing and resolving internal leadership issues
  • Defining, establishing, and reinforcing culture within the team/studio
  • Setting up training/mentoring/career development paths

Creating engagement for players and developers alike