ORBiTL GamePlay

One of the biggest issues in large-scale projects is the lack of visibility.  Most project managers don’t know how their project is going until the sprint ends, or worse, until something’s already gone wrong.  That lack of insight leads to missed deadlines, blown budgets, and massive overruns.

 

That’s where ORBiTL GamePlay comes in.  It gives project managers access to data they can’t get from traditional project management software.  Powerful data insights that they can act on to prevent overruns.  (See some data insight examples below)

 

With daily inputs from each developer, vague progress updates are turned into clear, timely intelligence.  For developers, it creates a gamified environment that’s fun, engaging, and collaborative.  We know that developers in large offshore development teams in India often work in isolation with little to no real team interaction.  Many don’t even know who else is in their team.  That’s why we’ve built the first version around cricket.  In India, cricket is an obsession.  ORBITL’s cricket Gameplay is instantly familiar, engaging, motivating, and creates a team environment.

 

Every day, developers log their progress. When they hit their target, they score a run for their team. Everyone works together to chase a score and win the match.  That shared experience builds camaraderie, boosts motivation, and encourages collaboration, even when teams are remote or siloed.  More importantly, if the team wins a match, the project, or the sprint, gets delivered on time. 

 

But this is not just a fun, engaging game.  This is a very powerful, money-saving data insights tool.  It is hugely beneficial for any project manager.  They get daily data from every team member, showing who’s on track, who’s falling behind, and even how people feel.  Developers enter a happiness score from one to five alongside their progress.  That gives the PM a real-time view of morale.  If just one or two team members out of a hundred are struggling, the manager knows right away and can step in to help, long before the problem snowballs.

 

They can log into their dashboard and instantly see progress, sentiment, and trends at both task and workstream levels. Understanding exactly where you are in a project, on a daily basis, is immensely valuable.  It enables the PM to act before a problem escalates.  ORBiTL Gameplay is a money-saving solution. Furthermore, it highlights actionable insights that standard project management tools cannot provide.

 

We automatically surface key types of insight, such as scope creep, burnout, backlog issues, sudden productivity drops and many more actionable data insights. This means project managers can act early to reduce project overruns.