What is Workflow?
Work•flow /ˈwərkflō/
“The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.” – lexico.com
What is a quality workflow? How do we develop it? Below are elements of the production cycle that most creative people move through as they create something. First, we must identify the stages of project production. What is each stage and what are the quality checks for each stage. Read on and find out!
Stages of Creation Development
Inspiration
How do we find ideas to develop?
- WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
- We could get ideas from every where, novels, movies, games, stories that happening around you, or maybe even in your dreams.
- WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
- We could write down ideas, mix and match them, turn them upside down, try to create ideas,
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
- Think about how people will react to it when they see the project.
- WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
- Anyone who have experience in that area. Ex: a game to someone who play game a lot, a book to someone who read a lot, a web page to someone who browse the internet a lot,…
Intention
How do we clarify our specific goal(s) for a project?
- WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
- Project management tool like Monday, Hive, or Workzone that could help people keep track of the deadline and who will work on what.
- WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
- We should write down as much information we will need as possible when we will go into pre-production
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
- We compare our ideas with those that we know or can find
- WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
- Those who have experience with this.
Pre-production
How can we brainwrite, brainstorm, storyboard, and plan our ideas at this phase?
- WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
- we should write all of our ideas out on something that let the whole group to look at at the same time, could be a page of paper or a web page
- WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
- The whole group try to make the ideas become as complete and whole as possible
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
- Look at how easy it is to create when produce the ideas the easier the better
- WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
- We do.
Production
How do we communicate with each other and execute our plan for this phase? This is where we actually make the project.
- WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
- The right tools for the job. Unity and the like for game making, Wix and the like for website creating, camera, green screen and the like for movie filming, google docs or paper and pen for book writing
- WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
- Do the work that will catch up to the deadline but try to not over work yourself and your team
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
- Is the product coming out on time, is it close to what you have in mind when you have the inspiration of it, is the team working together nicely?
- WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
- Anyone who have the ideas first or a group of people that had agree on how it wil turn out
Post-production
How do we communicate with each other and execute our final stages of the project for this phase? This is where we publish the project.
- WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
- Zoom meeting, or go out and meet your group.
- WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
- Discuses on what should be change and edited before published.
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
- How did the work turn out is it ready to be use by consumer, is it what the group or you have in mind or better in the beginning
- WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
- Reviewer or tester.
Presentation/Performance
How do we share our project with our learning community, advisory members, and the world?
- WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
- Different based on what the project is, YouTube and the like for video, Steam and the like for game, put up some advertising for book and website.
- WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
- Send your project to your publisher
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
- How well the community, consumer rate it.
- WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
- The consumers
Feedback
How do we conduct a feedback session at the end of the project development cycle?
- WHAT TOOLS SHOULD WE USE?
- Most publisher website have a feedback system that allow the consumer to rate and comment on the project
- WHAT PROCESS SHOULD WE USE?
- Gather information on the project from the publisher website or if your project is a website conduct the survey on it.
- HOW DO YOU MEASURE QUALITY?
- How the customers react to the project.
- WHO MEASURES QUALITY?
- The costumers.