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> "When your expertise is limited to, let’s say, art, level design, performances or whatever, you’ll eventually convince yourself that it’s the most important t
by lhnz 11y ago
> "When your expertise is limited to, let’s say, art, level design, performances or whatever, you’ll eventually convince yourself that it’s the most important thing in the game."
This is my experience, too. Without autonomy and ownership across a whole project it's very easy for people to get tunnel vision about what's valuable. This causes general harm to both the team and the outcome of its project.
I'm not sure how to lessen the effect other than perhaps by making projects small enough that they can be worked on by just a few people and using this phase to establish a kernel of good ideas and team cohesion.
Perhaps there might be another structure where the tools that are provided to the team are literally so good that the main project can be done by just a few people working on everything together. (Idealistic vision here.)
- bigchewy 11y agoI don't have the source handy but there is research showing that if you ask individuals on a successful project the % that they contributed, the total of the perceived contributions generally equals around 140%. I've wondered if simply pointing out this issue might help reduce the inflated sense of personal contribution
- Rumudiez 11y agoKind of similar to Gestalt theory... The whole is greater than merely the sum of its parts.
- Marcus316 11y agoI wasn't able to find your particular point in my searching, but I did find a paper from 2000 that came to a similar conclusion[1] "This difference in perception has a potential of creating tension within the team and disrupting the cooperation, because there is a possibility that every single team member may feel to be undervalued by others and not receive his or her due." "The perception gap can be a threat to the team and its goals. Facing the gap requires interpersonal skills on the part of the team management and team members." [1] http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=0778BDC8DBA5C04386CB70652FD1EB7F?doi=10.1.1.228.2618&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=077...