E40 How to Make Tough Decisions Fast in Game Dev with Linda Fane

Building Better Games

Is your organization struggling with making decisions, from a lack of consensus or clarity on who the key decision makers are, or something else entirely? The RAPID decision-making framework might be your solution.

Joining us on this episode to discuss the RAPID Decision-Making Matrix is Linda Fane, a consultant, coach and organizational expert in games. We start by going over the scale of decision making, including the two extremes of the spectrum and which model is the most effective, and the roles of the RAPID framework.

Linda also shares how these roles work in harmony to balance power and build trust, the three reasons to not use the tool, and its built-in accountability feature. Plus, she gives real examples of the RAPID process, using the framework to make cross-cutting decisions, and MORE.

Tune in to learn more about the RAPID decision-making framework, and how best to introduce it to your organization!

Topics discussed in this episode:

• How Linda built her career in the gaming industry

• The spectrum of decision making

• Consultative decision making

• Framework of the RAPID Decision Making Matrix Tool

• Examples of implementing the RAPID matrix

• When you shouldn’t use the RAPID tool

• What happens when people don’t agree

• How long it takes for an organization to adopt RAPID

• The consequences of a bad decision

• Why there’s opposition to RAPID and how to introduce it

Watch Linda’s GDC talk, “Epic Sync: Wrangling the Work of Highly Interdependent Dev Teams at Bungie:”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndPyhgorOKY

Connect with Linda Fane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindafane

Learn more about the RAPID decision-making framework:

https://www.bain.com/insights/decision-insights-10-great-decisions-not-a-solo-performance/

https://hbr.org/2006/01/who-has-the-d-how-clear-decision-roles-enhance-organizational-performance

Learn more about consultative decision-making:

https://www.teamly.com/blog/consultative-decision-making/

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