The Application Of Agile Development Methodology To Interactive Entertainment Software

With the continuous development of Internet technology, online games have become the mainstream of entertainment industries and to develop much freer and more vivid games has been the latest objective. In order to accomplish the goal, the development requirements of the game project appear the momentum of variety. The traditional waterfall model has not been feasible, while the new agile development methodology has been a fresh one with the feature of rapid and flexible response to change and people-oriented management modeBased on the development process of large-scale online games, the thesis conducts the research and practical work on the application of agile development methodology to the various stage of project such as project establishment, development and management.1. The thesis makes use of agile development methodology to guide the agile improvement in many aspects, such as the project development requirement characteristic, the plan of version development and the process-driven, which drive the project successfully completed.2. According to the requirement of agile development, the thesis sets up the SCRUM-based management mechanism in the course of development.3. Comparing the practical result with similar games, the thesis analyzes the advantages achieved in the project development cycle when the project uses the agile development methodology.With summarizing the experience of agile methodology applying the process of project, the thesis aims to provide advice to domestic game development teams.