It works for gamers because they get to help shape games they're looking forward to, and it works for developers because they can refine projects before full release.
The new oil, along with refining projects under way by Petrobras, the national oil company, could eventually make Brazil a larger exporter of gasoline as well, adding to supplies in the United States and other countries where it is all but impossible to build new refineries.
Under a plan that the prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, has called "a major policy of the party and the state", the government is seeking to attract $15 billion or more of investment to develop bauxite mining and aluminium refining projects by 2025.
India's Oil and Natural Gas and the Russian state oil major Rosneft have agreed to jointly bid for exploration and refining projects in India, Russia and other nations.
"We are trying to refine the project," said Janel Patterson, an agency spokeswoman.
Although short-term metrics can refine a project as it progresses, in the long-term metrics should be measured against original objectives, says Kari Vigerstol.
Similarly, the use of electronic media to refine and project Big Brother's message is the envy of spin-doctors in Whitehall or Washington, DC.
Actions for Suitability: Refine the project characterization, identifying new criteria.
We conclude by discussing how this monitoring effort fits into the larger evaluation of the SMG, and how such data have been used to both adaptively refine the project, improving the likelihood for successful scale-up.
CKC and WNG helped refine the project idea and study design, and in drafting the final manuscript.
