{"id":379,"date":"2026-01-09T05:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/?p=379"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:53:34","slug":"teamwork-and-workflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/2026\/01\/09\/teamwork-and-workflow\/","title":{"rendered":"Teamwork and Workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A very important aspect of Game Design is how you work as a team, Paula and I decided to implement a few key softwares to increase our efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is it?<br><\/strong>Google describes it as an online visual collaboration platform, often called an &#8220;innovation workspace,&#8221; that provides an infinite digital whiteboard for teams to brainstorm, design, plan, and work together in real-time, regardless of location, using features like digital sticky notes, mind mapping, templates, and AI assistance for ideation and summarizing. 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and I wanted to use JIRA &#8211; But after talking to guest speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23-yr3\/2025\/12\/05\/jade-carter\/\">Jade Carter<\/a> we decided on Trello for a few reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>JIRA mostly uses Scrum\/ Waterfall workflows (Working in time-sensitive sprints)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Which is useful when managing much larger teams &#8211; not so applicable in a two person team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trello utilizes a Kanban-workflow &#8211; which is less restrictive and allows for more freedom with the completion of tasks\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helpful on a two person team where some tasks might not be solely done by a specific person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jade Carter, an in-industry producer, decided against using JIRA as its learning curve is much higher than using Trello<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69ff796711384&quot;}\" 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