Agile Customers need Agile Partners
Posted on August 28, 2007
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I’ve been looking for an “article” like this for a long time (thanks Seb). It’s funny that it pops up in the gaming industry, but then again gaming is a pretty fluid marketplace.
The article about a company called Remedy Entertainment from Finland that is the maker of Max Payne (and the forthcoming Alan Wake). Remedy are embracing the change in the gaming industry. Remey needed to adapt to remain competitive. You see Remedy understands that it needs to retain a small, highly experienced team that focuses upon assembling games. This is what they know how do well. This is their core knowledge. Their primary business asset. The bits around the edge pertaining to games engines and the like are essential, but secondary. So Remedy decided to partner with companies that can deliver these secondary assets in support of its core business skills.
Now, the interesting part for me is that a company like Remedy, if it is to remain successful needs partners that it views as an extension of itself. Ones with high quality standards, best practices, evolving skill sets and a no nonsense attitude to software development. In short, like minded companies. To quote Remedy, they need partners in which:
- “Every team member is focused on shipping a masterpiece.”
- “No politics, no egos, no empire building, no nonsense.”
I bet that Remedy have to look long and hard to find partners like this. It is one of the primary reasons that Cognifide came to be and continues to inspect and adapt its internal processes to meet customer requirements such at these. I’m not saying its easy. It’s certainly challenging but most definitely a worth while pursuit. It’s great to see customers are looking for quality and putting in the necessary time to ensure that they get it.
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