More Meaningful Stories

This idea originates with Thiagi’s exercise “More Interesting” Divide group into at least 3 groups of 3 or more participants. Each person writes a basic story on one side of an index card Place a 4 digit identifier in upper corner (phone, extension, SS#, b-day) Each group passes all cards to next group Members in the 2nd group takes a card and rewrites the story…

Weekend Escape an agile backlog management game

Timing:  20 minutes to prepare plus 30 minutes for Standard version, or 75 to 90 minutes for Extended Version Overview: Small teams collaborate to order a backlog with a specific business goal in mind. Once the team has produced their backlog, they review the output of another team and discuss the differences. Everyone participates and discussion plays a key part in the game. Participant’s eyes…

MyToy : An Agile Product Development Game

Timing: 2 to 3 hours Overview: An Agile product development simulation game with LEGO®, Scrum, story maps, experiments, etc. This game tries to cover an entire product development process, the Agile way, and is designed for a single team of 4 to 6 people. The team will build a story map and decide on experiments to make at each sprint in order to build the most suitable…

Video Scrum

Overview Scrum Video is an unique in its kind and extremely addictive simulation of Scrum. Teams during several Sprints create and show video films on free or given by the facilitator topics. Is it cool? We (coaches of Unusual Concepts company) played Video Scrum many times during last 2 years on our Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Professional Scrum Master (PSM) (additional 3rd day) classes.…

Product Owner Challenge

Product Owner Challenge is a game with Lego kits. It illustrates the agile mindset vs. a waterfall-driven product development culture: stop micro-management and communicate face-to-face clear objectives, requirements, and product vision.Product Owner Challenge is a game with Lego kits. It illustrates the agile mindset vs. a waterfall-driven product development culture: stop micro-management and communicate face-to-face clear objectives, requirements, and product vision.Product Owner Challenge is a game with Lego kits. It illustrates the agile mindset vs. a waterfall-driven product development culture: stop micro-management and communicate face-to-face clear objectives, requirements, and product vision.Product Owner Challenge is a game with Lego kits. It illustrates the agile mindset vs. a waterfall-driven product development culture: stop micro-management and communicate face-to-face clear objectives, requirements, and product vision.Product Owner Challenge is a game with Lego kits. It illustrates the agile mindset vs. a waterfall-driven product development culture: stop micro-management and communicate face-to-face clear objectives, requirements, and product vision.