The New Noribang Studios

Noribang Studios is taking off. I have taken the position of the company's operation director so I make sure all collaboration gets done and a product is delivered, from the hiring process, to the delivery. I have found google apps is a good way to collaborate along with Skype for meetings and such. Google apps is intertwined with the company email system which is intertwined with the company site. Google apps allows for employees to collaborate easily with shared documents, web space, pictures and so much more. To manage projects, especially our new website revamp which should be finished in a few days, I've used google apps site feature to implement a universal grounds for collaborating. All company employees have access, it is a place to easily view the VRTM and Quality Assurance testing progress and bugs very easily. It's also a place to meet on like a conference table, where you can post pictures drawing, links etc. while taking meeting notes that update in real time throughout the meeting. I've found this method of digital collaboration has increased productivity by 50% even though a lot of individuals are in different countries. Google calendar allows for meeting, which allows for work to get assigned and deadlined. After the work is assigned individuals work fast in their free time outputting to the website, which serves as a product testing table and ground. Eventually when products are able to have published builds the website serves as a place to continually add to the project. Rather than trying to meet in person or sit around scrambling paper notes together everything is streamlined and accessible instantly, on any system. This definitely has shown to increase productivity even in it's infancy usage at the moment. Anyhow since email is a highly effective tool in corresponding to a team. A full application set based on it, allows for productivity to increase more and more as people check their email more often and collaborate. Soon the site will be up rather than the much later we had originally planned. (Website scheduled for finish originally fall of 08. However the site will be full operational now with this new system by June 1st). This feels a lot like being an industrial engineer, but I love complex systems programming. So it feels as if working with productivity is my calling. The new Noribang Studios framework is set up and we are going to start making money soon. So here we come!