Short scrum games the efficient way to produce team cohesion
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The document discusses using short Scrum games to build team cohesion. It provides examples of games that can be used such as the "Yes and, Yes but" game to convince others of using Agile games, the 6 hats brainstorming technique, introducing yourself and rumors about "Mr. Agile", writing goodbye or admiration letters, and having team members count to 40 as fast as possible by saying numbers in any order. The purpose of these games is to encourage interaction, communication, learning, breaking routine, motivation, and challenge to produce a cohesive team that can be highly productive.
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Short scrum games the efficient way to produce team cohesion
- 1. Short Scrum games The Efficient Way To Produce Team Cohesion Danny (Danko) Kovatch [email_address]
- 2. Who am I " I am nobody, nobody’s perfect, therefore, I am perfect! " Founder of AgileSparks Head of the Israeli User group 10 years of SW experience (Unix and Java not the other one) Father of four (just lately)
- 3. Warning...! Run for your life or Stay and be ready for action... Prerequisite: sense of humor! This is not only an interactive session It is an exercise session Marc Löffler “ How to defend against the 10 things that drive a ScrumMaster crazy ” Vasco Duarte “ From an idea to a Vision you can implement ” Pavel Gabriel “ Successful software product development without testers ”
- 5. Why Games? Take 5 minutes to play it... (“Yes and, Yes but” game)
- 6. Yes and, yes but Split into pairs One needs to convince the other that using Agile Games is good Start your answers with “ Yes and ” Change roles Start your answers with “ Yes, but ” Duration: 5 minutes Pair Programming? Now they started to eat fruits during working hours?!?!
- 7. 6 hats brainstorming Developed by Edward De Bono Each person in the table chooses a hat Make sure you have all the hats Start debating about the following ideas: Implementing Agile without an outsider trainer or Bungee Jumping for scrum masters in Kyev as an incentive Duration: 10 minutes
- 8. More efficient! Fun! Real experience! Encourage people to interact and communicate. Why Games? Learning in a snap Break from the usual routine. Motivating and challenging
- 9. The party Go around the room introduce yourself and explain how do you know Mr. Agile, what are the rumors about him Variations: spin dating (two circles, one inside the other, each one has one minute, one circle is rounding the other is not) Duration: 10 minutes
- 10. Goodbye letter / admire letter Write a goodbye letter from your current working methodology Or Write an admire letter to Agile Duration: 10 minutes (in large companies: 2 days...:-) Dear Agile
- 11. Self empowerment Split into pairs One is the boss and one is the employee Within the next 60 seconds the BOSS needs to walk the EMPLOYEE as many steps as s/he can using only the words: “Forward”, “Backword”, “Left” and “Right” Exchange roles Same requirement but the team is fully self empowered Duration: 10 minutes
- 12. Pushing 40 As a team count till 40 as fast as you can No specific order is allowed Only one team member says a number Start from the beginning if you fail Variation: Raise the fingers for each number Duration: 10 minutes
- 13. Remember the future Tell the story of the sprint as if it just ended (Use past tense!) Practice: Tell the story of the conference as if it already ended Great for retrospectives! Duration: 10 minutes Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
- 14. Agile as a TLA Either for the twelve principles or 8 values, write for each one, a description of Three Letter Acronym Duration: 15 minutes
- 15. Attack-defender Form a circle Pick two people: One is the attacker and one is the defender Pick two people: One is the attacker and one is your defender Duration: 2 minutes
- 16. Roles picturegram Draw an average Scrum master, team member, product owner and manager Duration: 10 minutes
- 17. Team vs. individual F orm a circle Choose one person from the other side Round I: Exchange places with him Round II: Now think as a group... Duration: 2 minutes
- 18. What else? Pass the penny Ball point game The marshmallow and the spaghetti You are in control (or not) The bottleneck game Business value game Estimation games “ You interrupt, I quack” The story of sprint – The user story POV Many many more...
- 19. Summary Only cohesive team can be hyper productive team Fun is a prerequisite to creativity Overtime is not the 9 th hour but is the time in which you feel you do not want to work anymore
- 20. Thanks! "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.“ -- Confucius