Communication And Knowledge Management Strategies In Video Game Design And Development: A Case Study Highlighting Key Organizational Narratives

Keywords

case study; engineering management; hybrid teams; knowledge management; narrative; Video games

Abstract

This paper summarizes and contextualizes a case study that presents data from interviews conducted over a period of three months within an independent game design and development studio. The study discusses how the studio is organized and how employees perform typical tasks and interface with management. The research focuses specifically on communication and knowledge management practices employed by the organization and articulates key stories that represent the challenges of working within a workplace that spans both creative and technical disciplines. These stories add to our knowledge of technical and professional communication in game development and provide us with important information about engineering communication practices in multidisciplinary environments. The paper also discusses the tools, technologies, and documentation strategies used by game development professionals to communicate and work through difficult problems.

Publication Date

9-1-2015

Publication Title

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volume

2015-September

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2015.7235773

Socpus ID

84957900313 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84957900313

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