Examples of Using Games for Defect Prevention
During the development of the Windows Vista operating system, the Microsoft product team developed and hosted a number of different games to drive productivity. The size of the project and corresponding length of the development cycle led to a repetitive set of activities, and as the team entered the beta phases, the use of games was successful in injecting new energy into the development effort. In some cases, there were productivity gains of as much as 300 percent using competition as a basis for encouraging task completion. As shown in Figure 5-2, the beta 1 game asked team members to perform various tasks to “earn a letter” and spell beta1.
Figure 5-2. Windows Vista beta 1 game
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