Business Driven Information Systems
Business Driven Information Systems
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260004717
Author: Paige Baltzan
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 9, Problem 1OCQ
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The three interdependent variables that shape the project management and examine the importance of these variables for a video game software development project.

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The three variables that are interdependent and shape the project management are time, cost and the scope of the project. These variables are important for the video game software development project as all the three variables are necessary to build an appropriate the game software.

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The three variables that are important to shape the project management of a particular project in the company are given below:

  • Time taken for the project completion
  • Cost incurred to complete a particular project
  • The scope of the project undertaken

The three variables are important for the video game software development project because the cost incurred in a software development determine its value in the market, if the cost is more for the developers, the market price will be more. Thus, the expectation about the use of the software in the market is dependent upon the cost of software.

Scope of the project decide the types of customer it will cover. For a video game software development project scope will decide the coverage of its userbase, for instance scope will decide whether the game will be available to single country or overseas. Larger the scope more will be the cost of the project and time taken to develop the project.

Time required to develop the software for the video game is equally important as it can bring change to its cost and scope. A project completed in lesser will be less costly and will have small scope. In case of video game project, a video game developed in less time might only be available for limited number of users and for limited platforms.

Thus these three factors should be optimally decided for the game development software project to maximize the profit that is to be expected from the project.

Conclusion:

Thus, the three variables time, cost and scope are interdependently important for the development of the software of video games.

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