Short scrum games the efficient way to produce team cohesion
1. Short Scrum games The Efficient Way To Produce Team Cohesion Danny (Danko) Kovatch [email_address]
2. Who am I " I am nobody, nobody’s perfect, therefore, I am perfect! " Founder of AgileSparks Head of the Israeli User group 10 years of SW experience (Unix and Java not the other one) Father of four (just lately)
3. Warning...! Run for your life or Stay and be ready for action... Prerequisite: sense of humor! This is not only an interactive session It is an exercise session Marc Löffler “ How to defend against the 10 things that drive a ScrumMaster crazy ” Vasco Duarte “ From an idea to a Vision you can implement ” Pavel Gabriel “ Successful software product development without testers ”
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5. Why Games? Take 5 minutes to play it... (“Yes and, Yes but” game)
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8. More efficient! Fun! Real experience! Encourage people to interact and communicate. Why Games? Learning in a snap Break from the usual routine. Motivating and challenging
9. The party Go around the room introduce yourself and explain how do you know Mr. Agile, what are the rumors about him Variations: spin dating (two circles, one inside the other, each one has one minute, one circle is rounding the other is not) Duration: 10 minutes
10. Goodbye letter / admire letter Write a goodbye letter from your current working methodology Or Write an admire letter to Agile Duration: 10 minutes (in large companies: 2 days...:-) Dear Agile
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14. Agile as a TLA Either for the twelve principles or 8 values, write for each one, a description of Three Letter Acronym Duration: 15 minutes
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20. Thanks! "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.“ -- Confucius