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today – perfect.pitch

By: permagnus |

Hi everyone, I notice lots of emails this morning – great! I’ll try to read all through before my other class starts (1-4pm). For practical purposes this evening,  use the Google spreadsheet we started on several weeks ago, and update it with titles + short descriptions.  – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k8lEs-h0jZRqo3Xhk7cHS4hAPdNPYWu7Fl76pPeiLkU/edit#gid=0 see you 4.30pm, presentations start 5.00pm

perfect pitches

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The course DM3010 Project Development & Planning is coming to its end, with the last regular session taking place this week. I wish to highlight the generous contributions by my colleagues: the ‘guest speakers’, Candice, Vlada, Louis-Philippe; the ‘hosts’ at our two excursions, Sara, Rob at SonoPort, and Zul, Sayeedah, Philip at CCA; our ‘outside-class’… Read more »

this week (12)

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Dear all, do not miss the guest lecture with Justin Tan, Wednesday 5.00pm (note the time! and your small preperatory task) – https://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/2016-dm3010/case-studies/12-tan-game-design/ Thursday regular session we will dedicate entirely to ‘pitching practice’. Be sure to prepare, for each pitch (you must work out at least two in detail by now), the requested supporting graphic… Read more »

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Good news!

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Good piece of news! I’m organising a Guest Lecture next week Wednesday 6 April, from 4.30pm with a GAME DESIGNER. This will be the last among our ‘case studies’ in this class. Attendance is mandatory as this represents an important ‘piece in the puzzle’ for our course. More details soon.

this week

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This is a gentle reminder of this weeks topics, as outlined on OSS https://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/2016-dm3010/ and communicated previously. Review of all the Ramroth readings (there will have to be an emphasis on budget & scheduling, since several people missed session 9); Practical work i.e. ‘pitching practice’…!, preparing assignment 3 (due 14 April, next week); Discussion and… Read more »

Excursion this week!

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This week Thursday 24 March our case study is an excursion to the Centre for Contemporary Art at Gillman Barracks, a.k.a. CCA. I’ve arranged a bus to take us from ADM Lobby 4.15pm (sharp!). One of the CCA curators, Ms Syaheedah, will meet us at 5.00pm and take us on a tour. I’ve asked if… Read more »

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Perfect pitching makes practice

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Hi all, the videos of yesterday practice-presentations will appear here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoAnverve4oMUf65tMd2oEYngpNOTakQP It is a ‘private youtube playlist’ – let me know if you can access, but it should not be visible ‘to the world’ Take some time to view yourself (and others!?), reflect on the comments and discussion we had in the group. Consider ways… Read more »

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Scheduling with Gantt

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There’s a number of software tools to manage scheduling of projects. After testing several, the one that I will recommend is called GanttProject (it’s free, relatively easy to use, and supports multiple import/export formats). Download here: https://www.ganttproject.biz/ Below is an XML script. For some reason OSS doesn’t allow me to attach it (not even as… Read more »

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