Agile Games - Playful approaches to agile principles

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.

Transcript

1. Agile Games Playful approaches to agile principles 2nd int. CTO Conference | Berlin | Nov. 7th 2013
2. Robert'Misch' Agile''Coach' ' '
3. Agile Enthusiast since 2007 ! Agile Leadership ! Agile Enterprise ! Scrum, Kanban, Lean Startup ! Speaker + Facilitator ! !
4. too ? complicated
7. Benjamin Franklin Well done is better than well said.“ „
11. 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. “ „ Russell Ackoff, Re-Creating the Corporation
12. Warm-Up
13. The Table Game
15. 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
16. When to play the Rope Game? What can we learn from this exercise? In a nutshell
17. 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
18. Benjamin Franklin All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. “ „
19. Sir Ken Robinson, alphabet, by Erwin Wagenhofer People are at their best, when they do what they love.“ „
20. Moving Motivators (by Jurgen Appelo, Management 3.0)
21. 1st Step: Important to You unimportant important
22. 2nd Step: Effects of Change positive change negative change
23. 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 ! B. Consider a change in your work life and determine how this affects your motivators
24. 3rd Step: Reflection on Motivation positive change negative change unimportant important
25. When to play Moving Motivators? What can we learn from this exercise? In a nutshell
26. 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 …
28. helpful resources on Moving Motivators http:/ /www.noop.nl/2011/09/moving-motivators-free- exercise.html ! http:/ /www.management30.com/product/moving-motivators/
29. Key Characteristics of Games
30. Start Ending
31. Focus&
32. Challenge
33. Context
34. safe-­‐to-­‐fail
35. Debriefing transforming fun to real learning
36. 20 sticks of spaghetti one yard tape one yard string one marshmallow + + + Challenge The ©"h$p://marshmallowchallenge.com/Instruc7ons.html" "
37. 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“
38. Start Typical Progress 18 Minutes Orient 0 18 Minutes Orient 0 18 Plan Minutes Orient 0 18 Plan Build Minutes Orient 0 18 Plan Ta-Da! Minutes Build Orient 0 18 Plan Oh-Oh! Minutes Build Recent Kindergarten School Graduates
44. When to play Marshmallow Challenge? What can we learn from this exercise? In a nutshell
45. incremental* intera+ve*
46. 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?
48. Want to learn more about Play4Agile Unconference
 http:/ /p4a13.wordpress.com/ Agile Games Conference, Boston, MA
 http:/ /www.agilegames2013.com/ http:/ /tastycupcakes.org/category/games/
 Agile Games?
49. play games! Do it again:
50. Feedback Door
51. Robert'Misch! Agile'Coach' Robert.Misch@gutefrage.net' My'slides'will'be'available'for'download' from'tomorrow,'Friday'Nov.'8th' ''''''''''www.speakerdeck.com/robertmisch'