Can I Have That in a Spreadsheet Please?
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Cherie Davidson presents practical methods for collecting, tracking and visualising interrelated production data (status, workload vs timeline, team effectiveness, feasibility of additional playtests) using familiar tools like spreadsheets. She draws on production experience from Media Molecule and freelance work to propose tried-and-tested processes and layouts for collating and viewing that data so it becomes visible and easily digestible.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 2:31A Story In Three Acts
- 6:31Information (Data)
- 8:11Commonly constructed data
- 10:27Timeline Example (team x time)
- 16:24Sheet benefits
- 29:52Sheet in-built automation
- 43:12Takeaways
- 44:19Bonus - My favourite functions
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