#28: Chef de Cuisine - Producer Nova

delayedgames
May 6, 2022
2 min read

The dish: Super Nova Party

The ingredients: 5 planets, 3 cups of code, 25 pinches of fun, and a single dash of [redacted]

We've detailed Chef Nova's culinary talents before (see Blog Post #17: My Paint! My Paint!), but have you ever wondered how he creates and maintains the recipe for the greatest gaming soup possible? Surely there must be times where he needs to adapt to what the dish is telling him, substituting an ingredient or two when necessary...right? Today, we'd like to share just how Chef Nova produces the content we know you're licking your lips in anticipation for.

Example Sprint for Super Nova Party

Above, you'll see three columns: To Do, In Progress, Done. As Ultra Executive Producer of Delayed Games, Chef Nova takes point in managing which ingredients (tickets) from the master recipe we should focus on for the current sprint (2 week period). He'll place all of these recipe steps in the left most column and, like a worm, each ingredient will inch from left to right column by column until...it's done! Huzzah for effective production!

Oh no! There's a problem getting one of the ingredients added in before the end of the sprint! Maybe it's being a rotten ingredient and needs more Sous Chefs working on it than initially planned for. Or maybe it's dependent on a different ingredient being added before it.

Never to fear, Producer Nova is here: Prioritize this instead! Two scoops is good for now, we'll add the 3rd in later! Compromise, but never lose sight of the ideal!

Adaptation. Prioritization. Yes Chef Nova!