Agile business games: play and improve

Andrei Rebrov

UBS DC

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Why games are important

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What is a game?

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Goal

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Rules

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Time limit

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Team

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World

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Judge

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How is this relevant to Agile?

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Game pros

• Focus on result, not on process

• Быстрое получение результата / feedback`а

• More involvement from participants comparing to formal process

• Risks reduce

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Type of games

Innovation games Agile games Motivation games

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Innovation Games ®

• Customer involvement• Solve real process• Identify gaps on early stages

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Games for requirement analysis

Story Mapping Product Box Speed the Boat Impact-Effort Matrix

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Agile games

Show agile-practicesExplain agile-valuesHelp to sell agile

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What’s matter

Not just facilitate a game, show the process Don’t highlight solutions Follow the rules

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How to sell

Introduce agile using presentation and game Success story (Adobe, Microsoft, SAP) Combine with others activities

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What’s next

Don’t forget about your experience Run existing games Create your own games

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What to play

Planning PokerBall Point GamePairing for Non-ProgrammersCircles and SoupAgile Airplanes

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Game resources

http://tastycupcakes.org http://innovationgames.com/ http://innogame.ru/

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Q&A

Andrei Rebrov

Arebrov@luxoft.com

http://innogame.ru

@andrebrov