** Updated with links to better quality DoD images ** Name: Judgement Juggler. Summary: An agility learning ball game, built on The Penny Game, that introduces estimates based on defects and dependencies to more closely simulate software development in an enterprise environment. Learning Points: Estimate taking into consideration defects and dependencies (both internal and external). Additional learning of work in progress limits, intra- and inter-…
A team plots their current and future work on the time management matrix outlined in Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This visual and tactile exercise can help a team really get to the bottom of what’s most important; and if they’re spending time and energy on things that aren’t that important. It promotes alignment between team members and leadership (i.e., Product…
I have developed this game with the help of John Moura sometime back in mid-2013. Since then I am actively using it in almost all of my training sessions. This game simulates both waterfall and agile environments. After the activity, in the debriefing section, practitioners able to recognize the differences between waterfall/ silo team structure vs. Agile/Collaborative team environment. Material – Crayons – Scissors (2…
The Game Try or Die – the X-periment is a ~20min game for a group of 3..5 players to experience how to act under conditions of uncertainty / ambiguity. The name of the game stems from a well-known Deming quote: “Learning is not mandatory, neither is survival”. Wim Heemskerk shortened this to 3 words: “Try or die”. The game was designed, created and test-played at Play4Agile 2016…
Daily Stand-up is the most visible and widely used Agile practice. This Stand-up simulation works quite well with either team, new, that never run the stand-ups before or experienced team, looking to make their stand-ups more productive. For new teams, I normally run “Yes and Story” Improv game before this simulation. This way group gets a fair understanding of team collaboration and what it takes…
