We want a city (Scrum simulation with LEGO extension)

A very important part of product ownership is about gathering info and stakeholders need to be challenged to think and rethink wishes. This exercise simulates this. It’s also good for the rest of the team to see how hard and important this is.

Wellbeing North Star

Wellbeing North Star, created by Kimberly Wiefling, allows you to analyze all angles of your situation in order to reach your desired end state. By comparing what you like and dislike about different aspects of your product, meeting, work day, etc., you can identify where your efforts are needed most to ensure that you achieve your goal. Timing: 1 hour Ingredients: Online access Players (5..8…

Customer-Centric

Scott Sehlhorst, President of Tyner Blain LLC, developed this graph to improve product development by understanding which stakeholders are impacted most by your product. Timing: 1 hour Ingredients: Online access A product Players (5..8 recommended): Product Manager / Product Owner Development Team Directions: Clicking on this image will start an “instant play” game at innovationgames.com; simply email the game link to your team to invite…

Kanban Tetris

Timing: About 2-3 hours Materials: – General A noise maker (bell, horn, whistle) to start/end iterations. Tape to fix down the ‘Inventory Stores’ Stop watch or other timing device Materials: – Each Team A table that can seat 4 people comfortably Sticky Note pad– back torn off, so sticky-side is up. 4×4 Quad ruled paper – 4 or 5 sheets Four sharpies / thick pens 4 sheets…

Lean Startup SnowflakesLean Startup – Les flocons de neige

Timing: 60 minutes (can be extended to 90 minutes by running more iterations). Setup/explanation takes 10 minutes; we’ll run 4-5 iterations of [3-minutes of execution, 3-4 minutes debrief, and 3 minutes of planning]. Materials: Pretend money (unit bills [euro/dollar], approx 100 units); ream of paper; 2 pairs of scissors for every 4 participants; audible timer; markers and flipchart for each table or dry erase board;…