My production portfolio
Kevin Qiu Lo
Description
Game Producer focused on planning, coordination, and delivery.
I specialize in task management, workload analysis, scheduling, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, and team communication.
Across academic and professional environments, I have coordinated teams ranging from small agile groups to large multidisciplinary productions.
Producer at a Videogame Project in Master's Degree
Leading production for a 21-person game development team in a 10-month project, from concept to delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Building and maintaining the project backlog.
- Prioritizing tasks using a P1–P3 system.
- Assigning work according to individual strengths and availability.
- Tracking dependencies and identifying critical path activities.
- Estimating workload and production costs.
- Planning milestones using waterfall production methodologies.
- Evaluating how schedule changes impact downstream dependencies.
- Preparing mitigation plans for production risks.
- Facilitating communication between departments and leads.
- Monitoring progress and removing blockers throughout execution.
Production Tools & Documentation
The production pipeline is supported through multiple planning views:
Gantt Planning
A high-level production schedule used to visualize milestones, dependencies, workload distribution, and critical path management.
Task Board
A Kanban workflow used to track production status from Backlog to Done, including ownership, priorities, progress tracking, and expected delivery dates.
Task Database
A complete production log containing all project tasks, responsibilities, priorities, estimates, and status updates.
Sprint-Based Production for a 6-Person Game Team
Managed videogame production for a team of 6 using an agile workflow based on weekly sprints. Future work was maintained in a backlog while active tasks were planned and distributed during sprint planning meetings.
Key Responsibilities
- Creating and maintaining the production roadmap.
- Organizing weekly sprint planning sessions.
- Assigning tasks and balancing workload across the team.
- Tracking sprint execution and delivery.
- Managing dependencies between team members.
- Maintaining backlog visibility for future development. Monitoring progress and adjusting plans when priorities changed.
Production Tools & Documentation
Production Roadmap
Long-term planning document combining milestone scheduling with feature tracking across all production stages.
Sprint Tracking Board
Weekly planning board showing individual ownership, sprint objectives, task progress, dependencies, and production notes.
Production Tracking for a 2D Animation Project
Coordinated asset and shot tracking for a collaborative 2D animation production.
Production Tools & Documentation
Shot Tracking Spreadsheet
Production dashboard used to monitor animation status, background completion, reviews, references, ownership, notes, and rendering progress across all sequences.
