한국과 미국의 개발 문화를 블리자드의 예를 들어 비교해보고 장단점을 생각해 보는 시간을 가지려 합니다. Globalization & Localization에 대한 이야기와 함께 세계 시장에서의 성공을 위해서는 어떤 것들이 필요한지 질문을 던져볼까 합니다.

1. Global Development Culture
10/1/2016
JC Park
VP of Platform Technology
Nexon

2. Who is JC Park?
• Hangul & Computer, Korea- 1993 ~ 1999
– Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead
– Worked for HWP 2.1/2.5/3.0/96/97/5.0
• TalkSender, USA - 1999 ~ 2000
– Director of Engineering
– Voice email solution
• HandStory, USA - 2000 ~ 2003
– Director of Engineering
– Mobile information browser for Palm OS and Pocket PC
• Blizzard Entertainment, USA - 2004 ~ 2016
– Lead Software Engineer
– Shared technology and tools for games
• Nexon – 2016 ~ Current
– VP of Platform Technology
– Making global PC & Mobile gaming platform

3. Development Culture

4. Culture
• A way of thinking, behaving, or working that
exists in a place or organization, such as a
business
• Development Culture
– Product
– People
– Technology
– Process

5. HR System
• Hiring
• Performance Reviews
• Titles (Engineering)
• Rewards
• Education
• Benefits

6. Game Developer Titles
• Producers
• Artists
• Designers
• Engineers
• Business Managers
• QA

7. HR System - Performance Review
• Example: Software Engineer
– Productivity
– Professionalism (Reliability)
– Teamwork (Communication)
– Knowledge
– Functionality (No Defect)
– Implementation (Good Code)
– Design & Architecture

8. Engineering Titles - Career Level
• Assistant - Newbie
• Associate - Do assigned work
• Mid level - Find and do work
• Senior - Make a work for others
• Lead - Superior knowledge or performance
• Principal - Lead many projects together

9. Organization
QAProduction
Engineering A
Engineering B
Art
Design

10. Organization
• Production Director
– Game Director, Art Director, Technical Director
• Team Lead (Engineering) = Technical Lead
• Producer = Production Lead
– Communication, Requirement,
Backlog Management
– Scheduling, Development Tracking,
Handle Blockings

11. Professionalism
• No Personal Relationship
• It’s a Just a Job
• Very Opinionated
• Easy to Quit
• Turnover, Employee Referrals
• Working for Long Years in the Industry
• Developers from Whole World

12. Project Management Maturity Model
1. Initial = Common Language
2. Repeatable = Common Process
3. Defined = Singular Methodology
4. Managed = Benchmarking
5. Optimized = Continuous Improvement

13. Game Industry Standard

14. Global Diversity

15. Different Cultures
• Direction
– Discuss Forever
– Boss Driven
– Try All Ideas
• Projects
– Creative Projects
– Focus on Few Projects
– Release Many Projects

16. Types
• Why (Customer)
• What (Product)
• How (Technology)
• What If
• Initiator / Implementer / Finisher

17. US Development Culture
• Process and System Oriented
• Big Market (40x) and Great Resources (15x)
• Open Communication
• Work/Life Balance
• Professionalism
• Slow but Steady
• Globalization

18. Korean Development Culture
• High Competition. Optimized for Localization
• Fast Moving (Mobile)
• Relationship Oriented. Small Community
• Work/Life Balance
• Top to Bottom
• Seek for Stability
• High Quality Resource

19. Going Global

20. Future of Korea
IT + Contents Creation = Game

21. Parts of Games
• Components
– Client, Server, Tools
– Platform
Web, Account, Distribution, Billing, Analytics
• Roles
– Artists, Designers, Engineers
– Producers

22. Globalization
• Make it good for whole world
• Client/Server/Tools/Platform
• Art/Design/Technology
• Cloud, CDN

23. Localization
• Make it good for each markets
• Client/Server/Tools/Platform
• Art/Design/Technology
• Cloud, CDN

24. Branching

25. One
• One Source (Branch)
• One Build (Release)
• One System (Database)
• One Global Platform
• Global Launching
• AppStore, Google Play

26. • Open Communication & Alignment
• Learn & Grow
• Globalization & Localization
Going Global