Gamification can lead to higher levels of collaboration and engagement with teams. On many occasions, I’ve come across prescriptive workflows which completely disengage teams and those teams don’t challenge the tools or process they inherit. Gamification and customisation helps teams care and take ownership of their system and workflow to help the team unite behind common goals and have fun with their workflow. This game…
Team Responsibility Game
Intention of the game The intention of the game is to experience sharing responsibility for a common purpose discover unhealthy team dynamics and reflect and think about better ways to work together. I use the game as a start into a longer retrospective in which I like to focus on the topics of team dynamics, responsibilities and sharing of the workload. Time Time required: 45-75 min Number…
New Kanban simulation game “Featureban”
Featureban is a fun way for small groups to try out some basic visual management (visualisation + feedback loops), and then experience the dramatic effect of adding work-in-progress limits to create working kanban systems. It’s also possible to add in metrics (there are instructions included for that already) or to connect multiple systems together (sorry, you’re on your own there). It should be easy to add other elements too;…
Cynefin with the Team DrawerКеневин с командным рисовальщиком
Authors: Ilia Pavlichenko and Alexei Pikulev. We will show the game that helps to understand Cynefin and dynamics of transitions within it. We called the game “Cynefin with the Team Drawer” and to play it we need: Several sets of the Team Drawer (one for each team, look at the photo below). It is a small wooden platform with a big hole in the middle…
The Newlywed Game
Timing: 15 – 30 minutes, depending on the ensuing discussion! Overview: This is a game about setting expectations. That can be setting expectations between a coach and a team, or between a new product owner and new scrum master. The point is to make getting to know each other and establishing expectations more fun! The ensuing discussion is a great way to establish a coaching…