Extended Education

GamesDev Production MasterClass: How to Succeed in Agile Product Management

In this one-day MasterClass you will learn about the essential agile product management practice Scrum and how to effectively apply it within a game development context.

The topics covered include:

• Envisioning the product: The agile product lifecycle and its impact on pre-production; the product vision contents and qualities; the minimal marketable product; techniques for creating a powerful vision; working with product roadmaps
• Grooming the product backlog: Product discovery and requirements in Scrum; product backlog structure and form; identifying and describing items; prioritising the product backlog; getting the backlog ready for sprint planning; collaborative grooming workshops; non-functional requirements on the product backlog

Prerequisites:

Attendees are required to have a working knowledge of Scrum. This master class does not provide a Scrum introduction. To brush up your Scrum knowledge, please study the Scrum Guide.

• Envisioning the product: The agile product lifecycle and its impact on pre-production; the product vision contents and qualities; the minimal marketable product; techniques for creating a powerful vision; working with product roadmaps
• Grooming the product backlog: Product discovery and requirements in Scrum; product backlog structure and form; identifying and describing items; prioritising the product backlog; getting the backlog ready for sprint planning; collaborative grooming workshops; non-functional requirements on the product backlog

This class is for developers interested or involved in agile product management, including producers, project leaders and project managers.