Production Intern

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Summary of Contributions

For the end of my internship, I wrote a week by week breakdown on my contributions to the production team to show what I have accomplished and learned during my time with the company.

Week 1

• Reviewed Production Materials/Documentation
• Watched Meeting Recordings to Understand Company Culture
• Watched Project Retrospectives to Gain Understanding of Game’s Production
• Read Through Production’s Miro Boards

Week 2

• Facilitated Interdepartmental Meeting/Playtest between Narrative and Audio
• Learned Favro, Created and Assigned Tasks for both Narrative and Audio
• Wrote Community Development Article to Get Out in Front of the Team

Week 3

• Kept Favro and Mantis Aligned
• Researched and Created Timelines For Development
• Continued Work with Audio and Narrative as Strike Team Prepared for Soft Lock
• Studied QA Daily Processes

Week 4

• Created Timeline of Past Development, Blocking Out Phases and Irregularities
• Worked Alongside QA to create Ready for Playtest List, Following and Investigating Tasks
• Worked with Code on Triaging Narrative Bugs for VS
• Continued Favro Updates Based on Mantis and QA’s Validation

Week 5

• Setting Up Meetings and Facilitating Documentation with Narrative
• Working Closely with QA to Help Validate Final Sprint Tasks
• Reaching Out to Departments on Specific Tasks and Closing Stragglers Out
• Closed Out Mantis Hit List

Week 6

• Created List of “Potential Progression Blockers” for End of Kleenex Testing
• Generated Upgrade Pickup Rate Charts from Kleenex Tests to Make Up for Lack of
  Telemetry
• Assisted Production in Creating Design Action Block Library
• Assisted Production with June Show & Tell

Week 8

• Created Charts of Quantified Survey Responses
• Assisted with Block Schedule Scratch
• Gave Feedback to Narrative on Company-Wide Presentation
• Translated Environment Art & VFX Concerns to Tech Debt Favro

Week 9

• Created and Formatted Tech Debt in Favro
• Started to Tackle Level Design Workflow Issues with Production
• Prepared Structure and Tech for In-Person Meetings
• Set Up Numerous Meetings for Company-Wide In-Person Event

Week 10

• Running Tech Debt Meetings with Production
• Worked with Code to Adapt to Schedule and Manage Tech Debt Meetings
• Adapting Miro Boards from Meetings to Favro Tasks
• Followed Up with Departments as Needed

Week 11

• Facilitating and Managing the Tech Debt Estimation / T-Shirt Sizing
• Created New Fields for Jira to Smooth Transition for Team
• Following Up with Departments on Needs for Production

Week 12

• Writing Jira Documentation
• Restructuring Jira’s Fields and Screens with QA
• Developing Jira Education for Jira Rollout
• Preparing my Work for Handoffs