Abstract
Video game industry is becoming increasingly important due to its revenues and growing capabilities. Information complexity and process agility are limitations for developing a videogame and they may lead to rework. Many rework problems are related to unspecified or ambiguous requirements in game design. For reducing rework, this article proposes an agile development process for video games that aligns the Scrum instance of the software development Project Pattern (sdPP) and the improved Game Design Document (iGDD). For measuring the rework induced by different alternatives, we conducted a case study that compares the proposed approach against a conventional counter proposal in game industry; the results prove that our proposal generates less normalized rework than the counter proposal.
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This research was partially funded by the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACyT) through the project “Strengthening of the master of software engineering program with the integration the research line in Human-Computer Interaction” (ZAC-2013-C04- 226098) and the project “Optimization of industrial processes based on simulators, interfaces and software assurance” (CATEDRAS-3163).
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Mitre-Hernández, H.A., Lara-Alvarez, C., González-Salazar, M., Martín, D. (2016). Decreasing Rework in Video Games Development from a Software Engineering Perspective. In: Mejia, J., Munoz, M., Rocha, Á., Calvo-Manzano, J. (eds) Trends and Applications in Software Engineering. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 405. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26285-7_25
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