Session: Games for Scrum (Wrap-Up Session)

Host: Bill Wake

Goal: Identify game resources useful in teaching about Scrum

• Scrum simulation with LEGO (http://www.scrumalliance.org/resources/621)
• The XP Game (http://www.xp.be/xpgame.html)
• Business Value Game - How to prioritize stories and features (http://www.xp.be/xpgame.html)
• The Penny Game (a must have)
• Extreme Hour (Peter Merel)
• Scrum in 59 Minutes (Jean Tabaka)
• 59 Min Scrum variatiation: A3 to remove one impediment
• Chris - Toy Company
• Peter - Scrum Simulation
• AgileTripTik
• Pair Drawing (http://industriallogic.com/games/pairdraw.html)
• Envelopes (Framegame)
• http://Thiagi.com - Thiagi's site
• Luke Hohmann's Innovation Games book
• http://nasaga.org - North American Simulations and Games Association - conference is in Atlanta, Oct. 10-13
• Team Building games - e.g., Flying Carpet
• Peter - Cup and Rubber Bands teamwork game
• CSM exercise - Walking around (self-org. vs. command-and-control)
• Drawing - Spoken vs. written

Sites with a bunch of games:

• http://xp123.com - Bill Wake's site - ~10 games including ScrumFromHell
• Tasty Cupcakes - 30+ games (http://www.tastycupcakes.com)

Other useful concepts:

• Framegames (game structure stays the same and you plug in content)
• Tacit knowledge
• "I'll know it when I do it"
• Get the feeling of the thing
• I'll remember better if I do it
• "Simulation is the excuse for the debrief"
• ORID - debrief framework
• "Adult learning styles"; Montessori; Identity 2.0

Need:

• Game demonstrating a successful daily scrum

Improvs (Give 'em a scenario and they act it out):

• Are improv sessions part of "games" or a different category?  (To me, the Scrum from Hell is an improv, if I am thinking of the same thing.)

TODOs:

• Tom - Done, Peter, and Chris - make their games available online, and put pointers here