The Producer

Being the most effective producer you can

be.

Stephen Williams

Assistant Producer

THQ dba Relic Entertainment

Stephen Williams

Assistant Producer

Relic Entertainment

swilliams@relic.com

Agenda

-Understanding the discipline

-Planning for success

-Our responsibility

-Building relationships

-Facilitating

-Uncovering issues

-Driving solutions

-Communication

-Doing usual stuff too (metrics, tasks, etc)

-Questions to ask yourself

-Closing thoughts

-Questions?

The Art Producer

What to take from this story

-Get at least a basic understanding of the

discipline you are managing.

-If there is already a plan, and it is not

realistic, make sure to be clear about that.

-Be diligent in creating a realistic plan

With great power, comes great

responsibility

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Facilitating

• Uncovering Issues

• Driving solutions

• Communication

Uncovering issues

Driving solutions

Communication

Doing the usual stuff

• Tasks

• Metrics

• Follow-up

etc..

Task tracking

Don’t just do it purely for the sake of tracking

Ask yourself

What can I do to make things more efficient?

How can I be of use to the developers that I work closely

with on a day to day basis?

What is the value in the things that i do?

What are my goals?

Closing thoughts

What you should take away from this:

Help ensure that the Dev's can be their best.

Make sure the game ships as the best product it can be.

Questions ?