Revolutionizing Agile Backlog Refinement through Gamification @ #JCON2023

Talking about Backlog Refinement Cards and The Miroverse Workshop

Links:
- https://miro.com/miroverse/backlog-refinement-workshop-template/
-https://github.com/nilsbert/Backlog-Refinement-Cards

Video of the Slides:
- https://youtu.be/MCABvygfVGo

Transcript

6. One Young Single Scrum Team: • 7 New Full Time Developers (remote) • 2 Part Time Hosting Experts • 1 Stressed Product Owner • 2 Managers • 1 Team Lead / Architect • 1 Part Time Agile Coach
7. Best Practices, not: • Prototype For Free • User Stories Written By The Product Owner… • … And Estimated And Planned By The Micro-Managers • … And Distributed By The Team Lead
8. New Energy: • Job Shadowing • Expert Interviews • Design Studio • Eating In The Cafeteria
9. New Focus: • Sprint Review With Stakeholders • Meeting The CEO • Direct Contact To Users
10. Releases / Sprint Goals: • Water-Scrum-Fall • Sprints Too Full • No Focus In Iterations • No Realistic Delivery Dates
11. My Best Practices: • Information Radiators • Co-Creation • Story Points • Planning Poker
13. The Team: • #NoEstimations • Affinity Estimation • Cut Everything As Small As Possible