Performance Acceleration Management (Pam): Rapid Improvement to Your Key Performance Drivers

ISBN-13: 9781138464018 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

H. James Harrington

Opis

Join videogame industry veteran Michael Thornton Wyman on a series of detailed, behind-the-scenes tours with the teams that have made some of the most popular and critically acclaimed videogames of the modern era. Drawing on insider's perspectives from a wide variety of teams, learn about the creation of a tiny, independent game project (World of Goo), casual game classics (Diner Dash, Bejeweled Twist), the world's most popular social game (FarmVille) as well as the world's most popular MMORPG (World of Warcraft), PC titles (Half Life 2) to AAA console games (Madden NFL 10), and modern-day masterpieces (Little Big Planet, Rock Band, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves). Hear directly from the creators about how these games were made, and learn from their stories from the trenches of videogames production. This book is an excellent resource for those working directly on game design or production, for those aspiring to work in the field, or for anyone who has wondered how the world's greatest videogames get made.

Spis treści

Performance Acceleration Management: Its Theory and Practice. Phase I: Conducting an Improvement Requirements Assessment. Phase II: Developing Vision Statements. Phase III: Defining Desired Behavioral Patterns and Performance Goals. Phase IV: Developing Individual KPD Transformation Plans. Phase V: Developing A Five-Year Combined PAM Plan. Phase VI: Implementing the Combined PAM Plan. Phase VII: Continuously Improving. Appendices: Definition and Abbreviations. List of over 1,400 Different Performance Improvement Tools and Methodologies. Tools/Methodologies Interaction between KPDs.

O autorze

H. James Harrington