Comments on: Scheduling Tools http://thetoolsmiths.org/2009/03/03/scheduling-tools/ Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jay http://thetoolsmiths.org/2009/03/03/scheduling-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Jay Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:29:12 +0000 http://toolssig.wordpress.com/?p=161#comment-464 "as long as management doesn’t see the first usable version as finished" It often happen that if the first version is good enough, management may consider that it is sufficient to get the job done. This can happens when the tool team is part of the game developer company. Then, the tool team is reassigned to another task and the developers are left with a product that is not really completed and lacking in some ways. The follow up, the polishing and the maintenance can happen at an independent third party studio where those activities are the raison d'être of the business. “as long as management doesn’t see the first usable version as finished”

It often happen that if the first version is good enough, management may consider that it is sufficient to get the job done. This can happens when the tool team is part of the game developer company. Then, the tool team is reassigned to another task and the developers are left with a product that is not really completed and lacking in some ways.
The follow up, the polishing and the maintenance can happen at an independent third party studio where those activities are the raison d’être of the business.

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