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Summary: Explore your thoughts - Using Innovation Games [R] We will assist people in this small interaction-based workshop towards consensus building. How does Innovation Games [R] based framework assist in... ...read more Explore your thoughts - Using Innovation Games [R] We will assist people in this small interaction-based workshop towards consensus building. How does Innovation Games [R] based framework assist in Cognitive behavioural approach and consensus-building? ...less

Summary: This games shows power of collaboration in the group when no leader is present. It shows how does a group without official leadership behave in solving a problem when each group member has only partia... ...read more This games shows power of collaboration in the group when no leader is present. It shows how does a group without official leadership behave in solving a problem when each group member has only partial information for the solution that needs to be shared with each other? This Game can be played between groups of 5-10 people. we can have different groups if required. ...less

Summary: This activity will help people realize the importance of testing along with development. The team will be shown a balloon with a face on it and now teams have to create exactly same balloons as many a... ...read more This activity will help people realize the importance of testing along with development. The team will be shown a balloon with a face on it and now teams have to create exactly same balloons as many as possible in stipulated time. Teams will be allowed to do multiple iterations of same activity so as to allow them to inspect and adapt. ...less

Summary: Emotionally intelligent team members are capable to perceive what other team members experience, the apprehension behind why they are behaving in a particular way and what exactly they are doing.It en... ...read more Emotionally intelligent team members are capable to perceive what other team members experience, the apprehension behind why they are behaving in a particular way and what exactly they are doing.It endows the team members to use that dexterity to elevate the expertise of others. These are the people who can take decisions expeditiously within the team and usually possess the art to handle conflicts calmly. This activity will help in portraying the Emotional intelligence of the team members. You surely must have heard about the Compass Points Protocol that was put forth by the National School Reform Faculty. So, this game would focus on how using this protocol team members are going to comprehend the emotions of each other. ...less

Summary: This game stresses on importance of effective and clear communication when teams are distributed, so that what is said by one team/team member is same as what is understood by other team/team member. ... ...read more This game stresses on importance of effective and clear communication when teams are distributed, so that what is said by one team/team member is same as what is understood by other team/team member. This game can engage 6 to 8 people at a time and they will be divided into 3 or 4 teams, each team of 2 persons. One person in the team will be shown a picture, which he needs to describe to the other person while other person in the team will be asked to construct or draw the same picture based on the description given. Lots of fun and lots of quirky descriptions given by different people of the same picture. ...less

Summary: When developing a product, it is very important for teams to know the big picture or the product vision. However, teams often get lost in details and miss on the bigger requirement. This game is to st... ...read more When developing a product, it is very important for teams to know the big picture or the product vision. However, teams often get lost in details and miss on the bigger requirement. This game is to stress on the concept of importance of vision. It is a fun activity involving colors and creativity of the participants. ...less

Summary: Agile suggests team members to work in small chunks. One of the Kanban principle focusses on working on small items, i.e., decomposing items to be worked upon. This activity helps participants underst... ...read more Agile suggests team members to work in small chunks. One of the Kanban principle focusses on working on small items, i.e., decomposing items to be worked upon. This activity helps participants understand the impact of working in small chunks versus big chunks while being involved in a funny muffin and cake making activity. Participants are playing and interacting alongwith fun and learning. ...less

Summary: Agile is all about teamwork and it comes from trust between team members. One of the core value of Scrum is TRUST. This is a team building game focusing on trust between team members. This activity he... ...read more Agile is all about teamwork and it comes from trust between team members. One of the core value of Scrum is TRUST. This is a team building game focusing on trust between team members. This activity helps team participants understand importance of trust and how its absence impacts team in a fun way. Participants are playing and interacting alongwith fun and some funny moments. This activity can be modified a bit to make it suitable for distributed team also. ...less

Summary: The goal of the game is to provide as many colored, paper eggs as possible. Eggs need to be cut around the edges and colored within lines. At the beginning of the game, the facilitator explains that a... ...read more The goal of the game is to provide as many colored, paper eggs as possible. Eggs need to be cut around the edges and colored within lines. At the beginning of the game, the facilitator explains that a team which provides most eggs wins. Coloring rules are as follow: Each egg needs to be colored by at least two people Two different colors must be used and different colors can’t be used in the same area (within edges). The exercise runs in two rounds; waterfall round & agile round The team that produces the greatest number of colorful eggs will win (with minimum waste). ...less

Summary: Participants would be playing scrabble to generate Agile related vocabulary . Besides the normal scoring rules, Extra points awarded for some interesting words related to agile formed e.g. TRIZE, ... ...read more Participants would be playing scrabble to generate Agile related vocabulary . Besides the normal scoring rules, Extra points awarded for some interesting words related to agile formed e.g. TRIZE, FLOW, LEAD TIME, Cycle TIME The rules of the scrabble need to be modified a little to allow joint words... ...less

Summary: Players will watch videos (some with light humour) of famous people talking about innovations. The teams (created from within the audience) will collaborate to create a backlog, classify theme, epic,... ...read more Players will watch videos (some with light humour) of famous people talking about innovations. The teams (created from within the audience) will collaborate to create a backlog, classify theme, epic, story. Then they will do a prioritisation. The teams will discuss / present their rationale to the group. I, as the facilitator, will act as the voice of the customer. Time permitting we can also play out a sprint 1 depends on the number of videos we show in part 1. Then we will retrospect together. ...less

Summary: Find your Bee is an icebreaker game. I will hand over A4 sheet to all participants comprising few interesting questions and participants will have to go to each other and ask if any participant is a f... ...read more Find your Bee is an icebreaker game. I will hand over A4 sheet to all participants comprising few interesting questions and participants will have to go to each other and ask if any participant is a fit for any question. Participants has to fill the name of the individuals. All replies should include a unique participant name. I will call top 5 people who will be fastest in filling the names. There is a surprise in this activity for people whose name is present in the list. This is an icebreaker game which helps participant to know each other and network with each other. This activity creates a bond between participants using fun-filled and interesting facts. ...less

Summary: Divide the participant into team of 5.Each team needs to make as many as paper airplane as possible. Spilt each team into various roles such as Scrum master, BSA, Developer and QA. Each role having a ... ...read more Divide the participant into team of 5.Each team needs to make as many as paper airplane as possible. Spilt each team into various roles such as Scrum master, BSA, Developer and QA. Each role having a particular responsibility. E.g. Developer can only make airplane, QA can only test it. Team needs to identify which role is taking more time i.e. blocker and hence explain the theory of constraint. ...less

Summary: A fundamental aspect of Agility is incremental and iterative development. It’s so basic that when introducing Agile you usually mention this idea in the first 5 minutes. The core understanding that... ...read more A fundamental aspect of Agility is incremental and iterative development. It’s so basic that when introducing Agile you usually mention this idea in the first 5 minutes. The core understanding that moving to small batches significantly improves speed, quality and risk management, helps you move from an all or nothing approach to a world of options. The challenge we are facing is how should we break down the scope? How should we define these small batches and construct them in the right manner? This challenge is surfacing with each new initiative. People adopt the terms of User Stories and Epics quite immediately, but the idea of incremental and iterative development is not really understood. This exercise is interactive and is raising the energy levels of the participants, it also serves as a great ice breaker and team builder since it creates opportunity to get to know each other better by exposing each other to morning habits and personal context, such as where do I live, who prepares breakfast for the kids, whether I’m used to doing Yoga or never miss my favorite podcast…or any other thing people choose to do in the morning – so it becomes really funny and fun. ...less

Summary: Participants are divided into 2 groups. Each group selects a leader who will come and sit on the hot seat. The group members are given a term that they have to make the leader guess. The group member... ...read more Participants are divided into 2 groups. Each group selects a leader who will come and sit on the hot seat. The group members are given a term that they have to make the leader guess. The group members can use gestures, mime, sketching, questions, synonyms, reference to context, real life analogies, etc but not say the term per se. The group that is able to explain the term to their leader is the winner. ...less

Summary: Purpose Demonstrate how estimating with relative story points can benefit business to be more agile and transparent. Let's Play (First Level) Create some cards with different dishes names on it (Veg... ...read more Purpose Demonstrate how estimating with relative story points can benefit business to be more agile and transparent. Let's Play (First Level) Create some cards with different dishes names on it (Veg, Non-veg), need to add dishes which takes varying time to create. No of cards, depends on the no of participant playing. Put the cards on one deck and mix them The first team member takes the card and puts it on an arbitrary place on a table The next team member takes the next card. If it seems to him that his dish will take less time to prepare than the first one, he puts it left to the first card. If it seems to him dish will take more time than the first one, he puts it right to the first card. If it seems to him of roughly the same size, he puts it under the first card. The next team member can Take the next card from the deck and do the same decision as the previous team member. Move and card lying on the table to a different column (with appropriate reasoning). The other team members continue these steps until: They run out of cards and All team members are satisfied with the placement of the cards Next level Create different size buckets in table with label XS, S, M ,L , XL Ask team to fill all the cards in those these buckets according to the time of preparation, ask them to decide the range of time for each bucket and come to a common conclusion. ...less

Summary: Participants are split into multiple teams. Team size of 5-6 members. They are given cartoon full of tennis balls and an empty cartoon. They will work together to get as many balls from full cartoon ... ...read more Participants are split into multiple teams. Team size of 5-6 members. They are given cartoon full of tennis balls and an empty cartoon. They will work together to get as many balls from full cartoon to empty cartoon as possible. They will not be allowed to talk and see each other once the game begin ...less

Summary: A user story is a foundation in SCRUM, it is simple and can be written in a minute. The non-functional requirements, like security, usability, or regulatory needs are defined as acceptance criteria or... ...read more A user story is a foundation in SCRUM, it is simple and can be written in a minute. The non-functional requirements, like security, usability, or regulatory needs are defined as acceptance criteria or in definition of done. These requirements serve as important constraints for the team – leading it to a solution. Non-functional requirements are not optional, yet many a times these are missed the common reason being “Everybody knows’. Assuming the teams understand non-functional constraints leads to a lack of explicit definition and subsequent failure to define them. What if we could use leverage games to uncover these non-functional requirements and explicitly define them? What if we could make this entire activity fun rather than a stressful exercise? Can this improve collaboration within the team and with customers? We will find out… In this fun activity we shall leverage Story cubes to get those creative juices flowing to uncover the most missed non-functional requirements. ...less

Summary: The goal of the game is to move 20 coins through a series of process step . Each player flips the coins once before it can be passed over. If you move through the game slides quickly a nice little... ...read more The goal of the game is to move 20 coins through a series of process step . Each player flips the coins once before it can be passed over. If you move through the game slides quickly a nice little animation effect takes place. Watching that actually gave me a new understanding of what Flow means. Compare the first and last iterations and see the coins flow through the process, each step creating value. ...less

Summary: Participants in groups of 5-9 can play. Each team is given a set of jigsaw puzzle blocks randomly distributed and equal number of plastic chips that can be used as money. Each team will then be shar... ...read more Participants in groups of 5-9 can play. Each team is given a set of jigsaw puzzle blocks randomly distributed and equal number of plastic chips that can be used as money. Each team will then be shared the big picture seperately (the full image of the intended picture) As a team they have to identify the blocks that would help them complete their picture. To get the required blocks teams have to either negotiate with other teams, bargain or barter with their existing blocks or chips. The team that completes their image first and have some chips at the end of the game would be the winners. ...less

Summary: Participants will be making a Oven, then Pizza's and deliver them to hungry customers. There will be constraints on number of Pizza that can be made at a time, toppings, quality and time to bake, mone... ...read more Participants will be making a Oven, then Pizza's and deliver them to hungry customers. There will be constraints on number of Pizza that can be made at a time, toppings, quality and time to bake, money they have etc. Within the constraints, the participants will try to deliver maximum number of Pizza possible and make money out of this. Wastages have to be avoided !! ...less

Summary: Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of occupations and daily activities. As IT professional we have become quite ignorant of ou... ...read more Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of occupations and daily activities. As IT professional we have become quite ignorant of our Physical fitness. This fun game using simple equipment and giving basic guidance of proper nutrition, simple physical exercise, and importance of rest can take you long way. We will create our teams. Will do a healthy completion using some simple pointers of agile ways of working as well. ...less