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Bridging the Distance through Agile Game DevelopmentAðalsteinn “Alli” Óttarsson
Who am I ?
• Aðalsteinn “Alli” Óttarsson• Technical Producer• Core Technology Group• Joined CCP in 2001
Company
Founded in 1997, privately heldEVE Online launched in 2003Acquired White Wolf Publishing in 2006
Prosperity
Grown from relative obscurity to moderate success
Culture
We care about each other and our customersWe dare to take calculated creative risksWe recognize that we can only reach our destination with teamwork, trust and friendship
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CCP Overview
CCP employees are spread between four offices in three continentsIceland / Reykjavík
Headquarters~210 Employees
China / Shanghai~60 Employees
USA / Atlanta~100 Employees
UK / London
CCP employees represent over 20 nationalitiesThe number of languages spoken by employees exceed 30Melding the best of art, science, operations and business talent
CCP Overview
Atlanta
London
Shanghai
Staged Deliveries
• Iterative and Incremental approach. • Each stage delivers a full vertical slice of working software
– Requirements, design, production, testing, packaging, user feedback.
• Component/Feature Lifecycle and artifacts– SRS Document, Test Plan, Construction / Prototyping, Detailed
Design, Development, Testing, Code Review, Integration.
• Team involvement– Estimation , Feature Ownership, Peer reviews
• Promotes practices for high quality and risk mitigation.
Orion
Staged Delivery plan
EVE is too complex.Impossible to make in one go
Rinse and repeat If you can’t make in one go just try and try until it is ready
Sputnik
Staged Delivery plan
EVE is too complex.Impossible to make in one go
Rinse and repeat If you can’t make in one go just try and try until it is ready
Sputnik
Staged Delivery plan
EVE is too complex.Impossible to make in one go
Rinse and repeat If you can’t make in one go just try and try until it is ready
Laika
Staged Delivery plan
EVE is too complex.Impossible to make in one go
Rinse and repeat If you can’t make in one go just try and try until it is ready
Crystal
Staged Delivery plan
EVE is too complex.Impossible to make in one go
Rinse and repeat If you can’t make in one go just try and try until it is ready
Phoenix
Staged Delivery plan
EVE is too complex.Impossible to make in one go
Rinse and repeat If you can’t make in one go just try and try until it is ready
Phoenix
Phoenix
Mandala
Emerald
Emerald
EVE Online
EVE Online Expansions
EVE Online Expansions
Game design idea
Rough game design
Approved by lead game designer
Refined game design
Scheduled for production
Engineer reviewed
Implementation
Feature testing
Public testing
Regression testing
Approved
Released to operation
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Active Subscribers by day for 2008
Fanfest
Trinity 1.1
GDC 2008
EVE on Steam
MacWorldWingman
Empyrean Age
Reactivation Campaign
NewsletterNewsletter
Reactivation Campaign Ends
EA 1.1
StacklesssIO/EVE64
WARHAMMER Quantum Rise
QR 1.0.1
Age of Conan
13. Wrath of the Lich King18. Mines of Moria18. TheShadow Odyssey
Reactivation Campaign Ends
HAMMER
EVE Subscriber Trends 2008
EVE Online Expansions
• Over 120 Developers• 3 Offices in 3 Continents• Biggest EVE Expansion to Date• Shorter development time
than previous expansions
Transition EVE to Agile
Game design idea
Rough game design
Approved by lead game designer
Refined game design
Scheduled for production
Engineer reviewed
Implementation
Feature testing
Public testing
Regression testing
Approved
Released to operation
SCRUM TEAMS
2 weeks
24 hours
Scrum
2 weeks
24 hours
TeamProduct Owner Scrum Master
Product BacklogPrioritized by Product Owner}
Sprint BacklogFeatures committed to a sprint by the team
Backlog ItemsTasks expanded by the team
Daily Scrum15 minute dailyteam stand up meeting.
Product IncrementFunctional working software.
Sprint ReviewNew functionality is demonstrated
Sprint RetrospectiveTeam reflects on last sprint and make continuous process improvements
改 善
Apocrypha
Product Managers
VISION:Theme: True Exploration
Features: Unknown Universe
Unstable Collapsable WormholesAncient Races
New EncountersNew Technology
Enhanced New Player ExperienceStory telling of epic porportions
Apocrypha Organization Chart
Product Backlog
Product Managers
Product Owner
Product Owner
Product Owner
Product Owner
Product Owner
Team Team Team Team Team
Scrum Master
Scrum Master
Scrum Master
Scrum Master
Scrum Master
Scrum of ScrumsAgile
Transition Team
Release Plan
Features & Stories
Task
Features & Stories
Features & Stories
Features & Stories
MuSCoW Analysis
Features & Stories
F1 F2 F3 FN…
MUST HAVE
SHOULD HAVE
COULD HAVE
Features & Stories
SPRINT 1: <TEAM NAME>
F1
F2
F3
F1 F2 F3 FN…
SHOULD HAVE
COULD HAVE
MUST HAVE
Release Planning Day
Release Planning Day
Release Planning Day
Release Planning Day
Release Planning Day
Syncronized Iteration Cadance
Sprint Team
Sprint Team
Sprint Team
Sprint Team
Sprint Team
Product Backlog
Integrated DemoPlayable MMO
2 Weeks
Global Demo via HD Video Conference
Live Video
Live Video
Shanghai
Live Video
Live Video
Atlanta
Live VideoReykjavik
Live Video
HD720p
HD720p HD720p
HD720p HD720p
Streaming (Quality
Video+Audio)
Reykjavik
Reykjavik
HD720p
HD720p
HD720p
Streaming (Quality
Video+Audio)
Streaming (Quality
Video+Audio)
Desktop End User
Desktop End User
Desktop End User
Meeting Room
Meeting Room
Meeting Room
WWWM
PLS
10m
bps
MPLS 20mbps
MP
LS 2
0mbp
s
HD
720p
Release burn down
Road to success
• Empowered Teams
• Self managing and self organizing
• Release Planning by the teams
• Shorter more frequent releases
• Tools that scale
Roadblocks!
• Lack of Continuous Integration
• Lack of streamlined deployment procedures
• Team interruptions
• Maintaining architectural integrity
Apocrypha is getting good reviews
The Agile Planning Onion
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The Agile Enterprise Big Picture
The Agile Enterprise Big Picture
© Leffingwell LLC. - Inspired by collaboration; Leffingwell LLC & Symbian Software Ltd.
The Agile Enterprise Big Picture
© Leffingwell LLC. - Inspired by collaboration; Leffingwell LLC & Symbian Software Ltd.
The Agile Enterprise Big Picture
© Leffingwell LLC. - Inspired by collaboration; Leffingwell LLC & Symbian Software Ltd.
The Agile Enterprise Big Picture
© Leffingwell LLC. - Inspired by collaboration; Leffingwell LLC & Symbian Software Ltd.
The CCP Release Train
CONFIDENTIAL TO CCP HF 66
PROJECT-X : HELIOSRELEASE -1 JULY 28th
WoD: Year 1 R5 JULY 17th
EVE Online: Rubicon RELEASE -1 AGUST 18th
PROJECT-X : HELIOSRELEASE -2 SEPT 29th
EVE Online: Rubicon RELEASE -2 NOV 11th
WoD: Year 1R6 OCT 30th
Literature
• Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises
• Scaling Lean & Agile Development:Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum
Tools
Tools
Defect Tracking
Defect Tracking