Dan Magaha is a real professionist !

[Solver]

Dan, just a thought, if you no longer handle civ3.com, you could become one of the Apolyton's regulars and post here like 40 times a day .

[The Pioneer]

What excatly is an associated producer? Or a producer for that matter? Is it something similar to a Project leader/manager?

So long...

[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

Originally posted by The Pioneer
What excatly is an associated producer? Or a producer for that matter? Is it something similar to a Project leader/manager?

So long...

Hi Pioneer,

You're right, that's exactly what a producer is in this business. Usually each product has a producer who is ultimately responsible for it. A lot of the time this means stuff like doing plans in Microsoft Project and timetracking the team, but it also means things like helping with design docs, testing, etc.. -- basically it's a producer's job to make sure nothing "falls through the cracks" so to speak.

Dan

[Alexander's Horse]

Okay I get it - this is a thread for bad English speakers

[MarkG]

basically it's just a way for managers to know instantly who to fire when something goes wrong, so that they can safely say that they did something about the failure

[aaglo]

associate producer = scapegoat?

[MarkG]

when producers realise the... reality of their position, they ask for an associate producer to "help them"(=take the fall if needed)

[Harovan]

Originally posted by MarkG
basically it's just a way for managers to know instantly who to fire when something goes wrong, so that they can safely say that they did something about the failure

So now who was the associate producer of the MP part of PTW?

[The Pioneer]

Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS


Hi Pioneer,

You're right, that's exactly what a producer is in this business. Usually each product has a producer who is ultimately responsible for it. A lot of the time this means stuff like doing plans in Microsoft Project and timetracking the team, but it also means things like helping with design docs, testing, etc.. -- basically it's a producer's job to make sure nothing "falls through the cracks" so to speak.

Dan

I do something similar at work but my name is by no means as glamorous! I originally thought that the producers of a movie, game, etc. are people that put a project together from idea to finish and most importantly they also invested in financial terms!

Anyway, since I know you will be reading this Dan I'd like to say thank you for a great game.

So long...