Investigating the Communication Process in Multidisciplinary Game Development Teams

Author

de Barros, Raphael Lima Belem ; Alves, Carina Frota ; Ramalho, Geber Lisboa

Author_Institution

Centro de Inf., UFPE, Recife, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

5-7 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

69

Abstract

The game development process is a complex activity that requires a team composed by members with different backgrounds. There is a consensus regarding the importance of multidisciplinary teams in the game development community. However, the effective communication and coordination of work involving multidisciplinary teams is a challenge. This paper presents the results of a qualitative research conducted in a game developing company to investigate the main characteristics and difficulties involved in the communication process of multidisciplinary teams.

Keywords

computer games; communication process investigation; complex activity; game development process; multidisciplinary game development teams; Application software; Conferences; Foot; Humans; Kinematics; Laboratories; Legged locomotion; Pelvis; Robot sensing systems; Torque control; communication; ethnography; games; multidisciplinary teams; qualitative research;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sistemas Colaborativos (SBSC), 2009 Simposio Brasileiro de

Conference_Location

Fortaleza, Ceara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5292-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3918-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBSC.2009.21

Filename

5460513