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| High Moon Studios receives Workplace Excellence Award High Moon Studios announced that it has received a 2005 Workplace Excellence Award presented by the San Diego chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. High Moon was among more than 140 companies vying for the sixth annual SDSHRM awards, with this year marking the company's first award after three consecutive nominations. Companies are nominated by their own staff through testimonials submitted to SDSHRM, and ultimately judged on HR programs, organizational performance and employee satisfaction. High Moon garnered a Crystal Award for "Employer of Choice" in the small company category. In presenting the award to High Moon, the SDSHRM gave special recognition to the company's efforts to foster a close-knit culture and an environment designed to stimulate creativity. High Moon was noted for its adoption of an innovative product development methodology known as Scrum. Named after the tight line of scrimmage formation in rugby, the Scrum method is a process derived from Agile Methodologies established by software and high-tech R&D companies. Scrum promotes development through interdisciplinary, non-hierarchal teams who work in short cycles around demonstrable goals. It addresses the disciplinary divide among artists, designers and programmers as well as long development cycles that hinder product evaluation, making it well suited to game development. Scrum also provides a framework for enhanced productivity during the course of a standard workweek, giving each team the ownership to establish its own objectives and a strategy to reach them for each project cycle. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |