Building efficient game design team: our experience

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Built a dedicated game design team from 4 designers + 2 balance designers + 1 analyst into a predictable unit that cleared design debt and now feeds new projects; created a single Confluence workflow with templates, role links and meeting checklists; use JIRA + two-week sprints, story points, poker planning, burn-down and velocity charts to plan and measure; run regular retrospectives, a values/code session and game reverse-engineering sessions for training; result: faster, interchangeable designers, on-time documentation delivery, and an analyst role grown into a full team.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:35Team creation challenges
3. 6:03Team goals and tasks
4. 8:11Five efficiency tips
5. 8:53Workflow development
6. 11:42Jira task planning
7. 13:31Progress charts
8. 14:58Retrospectives role
9. 16:49Team values
10. 18:56Engineering growth
11. 20:22Results summary
12. 21:24Q&A

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