2. MMO Lifecycle – scaling with team size
Decouple Work Activities
All Depts require programming support
Art, QA, Design, Platform Services, Programming
Fallout – accurately scheduling programming time is impossible
Give each Dept the tools needed to operate autonomously
Protect Yourself – Automate
With independence comes responsibility
Programmers are pulled in multiple directions by competing content provider requirements – give the content providers the tools they need to work autonomously

3. Decouple Examples: UI – scaleform + Flash
Munger – content post processor
NWN prototype editor
Branched dev
Stable branch (content providers)
Mainline/Sandboxes (programmers)

4. Protect Yourself Plan Integration points (leave time!) Automated tests
Over invest in tools! Data drive everything you can