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I facilitated this workshop during the 2nd Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's International CTO Conference 2013 in Berlin. It's about Agile Games and how they revolutionise the way we train Agile Teams.
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Agile Games Playful approaches to agile principles
2nd int. CTO Conference | Berlin | Nov. 7th 2013
Robert'Misch'Agile''Coach'
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Agile Enthusiast since 2007
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Agile Leadership !
Agile Enterprise !
Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup
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Speaker + Facilitator !
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too ?complicated
Benjamin Franklin
Well done is better than well said.“
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One does not learn architecture from classrooms and libraries as much as one does by doing it and reflecting on the outcomes and their effects on others. “
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Russell Ackoff, Re-Creating the Corporation
Warm-Up
The Table Game
Build groups of 10 people
1 person to stand out of each group
Each team: form a circle (facing in)
Each player: hold the rope in your right hand
Each player: pass the other end to a person across from you
Project Mgr: direct team so that it is untangled and standing side by side in a circle
Team: follow PM’s instructions
Project Mgr: observe and do not say anything
Team: Untangle yourself
When to play the Rope Game?
What can we learn from this exercise?
In a nutshell
What can we learn from this?
This exercise demonstrates the power of a team’s ability to solve complex problems when they collaborate. !
It resonates with Agile in that you encourage the team to be self-organising to get the full benefit of their abilities.
faster, proper solution (is there a ’best solution’?) !
more fun
Benjamin Franklin
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.“
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Sir Ken Robinson, alphabet, by Erwin Wagenhofer
People are at their best, when they do what they love.“
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Moving Motivators (by Jurgen Appelo, Management 3.0)
1st Step: Important to You
unimportant important
2nd Step: Effects of Change
positive change
negative change
Your turn (25 mins)
1. Pair up w/s.o. you haven't talked to today
2. Do the following one-by-one (play / observe)
A. Find out what’s important to you
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B. Consider a change in your work life and determine how this affects your motivators
3rd Step: Reflection on Motivation
positive change
negative change
unimportant important
When to play Moving Motivators?
What can we learn from this exercise?
In a nutshell
reveals the effect of (organisational) change on your/your team’s motivators interesting for teams to find out what motivates their team members can be performed with people in (private) one-on-one situations helps you realize that you may have some work to do on your own motivation …
helpful resources on Moving Motivators
http://www.noop.nl/2011/09/moving-motivators-free-exercise.html
!http://www.management30.com/product/moving-motivators/
Key Characteristics of Games
StartEnding
Focus&
Challenge
Context
safe-‐to-‐fail
Debriefing transforming fun to real learning
20 sticks of spaghetti one yard tape one yard string one marshmallow+ + +
ChallengeThe
©"h$p://marshmallowchallenge.com/Instruc7ons.html""
Your turn (18 mins)
1. Split into groups of 10 players
2. Each team grab 20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 mtr of string, 1 mtr of tape, 1 marshmallow, scissors
3. W/the material at hand tinker a „building“/„skeleton“ as tall as possible w/Marshallow on top within 18 mins
must be stable enough to stand upright for at least 15 secs w/o touching it
measure + write down the hight of your „building“ / „skeleton“
Start
Typical Progress
18Minutes
Orient0 18
Minutes
Orient0 18
PlanMinutes
Orient0 18
Plan BuildMinutes
Orient0 18
Plan Ta-Da!Minutes
Build
Orient0 18
Plan Oh-Oh!Minutes
Build
Recent Kindergarten School Graduates
When to play Marshmallow Challenge?
What can we learn from this exercise?
In a nutshell
incremental*intera+ve*
fun, playful approaches
repetitive exercises => training
productive work => transfer learnings to work life
pushes unconventional approaches
boosts creativity & imagination
helps form new teams
Why Games?
Want to learn more about
Play4Agile Unconferencehttp://p4a13.wordpress.com/
Agile Games Conference, Boston, MAhttp://www.agilegames2013.com/
http://tastycupcakes.org/category/games/
Agile Games?
play games!Do it again:
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